Sunday Video: charity: water launches 2010 September campaign
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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After hearing about Scott's decision to give up his birthday I too decided to give up my birthday - my 18th. As I'm about to leave childhood and adolescence behind and head out into the real world, I figure that it is now part of my responsibility to make that world a better place. So I am thrilled to be helping in such a great campaign.
Here's my page: http://mycharitywater.org/jesse
Happy Birthday Jesse! Congrats on the decision to give it up for charity:water and good luck on reaching you goal.
Geoff - great to have you joining the campaign! It's a big goal we've set ourselves, but with supporters like you we'll get there.
Hope you've seen all the supporting videos at the September site. In addition, we're doing a ustream chat with Scott on Wednesday for campaigners (details to come in a campaigner email today), then on September 7 we will 'live drill' the first well of the campaign in C.A.R. - we'll broadcast that on our Facebook.com/charitywater page
Thanks so much for the support and good luck with your campaign! I hope you exceed your goal!
Paull Young
Director of Digital
charity: water