Today we wanted to remind you of something that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, shared in his presentation at Big Omaha 2010. Four years ago, Scott came up with the idea of giving up his birthday for charity: water. He held a party in New York City and asked everyone who came to give 20 dollars to his philanthropy. That party generated enough money to build six wells in Uganda.
The next year, Scott asked others who shared his birthday month of September to give up their birthdays in a similar fashion. Together they generated 150,000 dollars. As of last year, charity: water had raised more than 10 million dollars in total to provide clean water all over the world. Each September, charity: water launches a new September campaign targeted at a specific group of people. September is only a few days away so we wanted to share the new campaign launch video with you.
I happen to be a September baby myself and was inspired by Scott to give up my 32nd birthday in a few weeks. If you’d like to help me reach my goal of raising 1,000 dollars, go to mycharitywater.org/geoffwood
If you’re a September baby and participating in the September campaign, we’d like to know about it. Leave a link to your page in the comments below.
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