so it's here.
today is World Water Day.
most of us reading this….we take our water for granted.
we can turn on the tap anytime we want.
we can use a drinking fountain just about anywhere.
we can bathe whenever we feel like it…in CLEAN water.
we can jump in a gigantic swimming pool or soak in a hot tub to relax.
we give our dogs big bowls of clean water…we make sure they are never out.
we don't have to worry about our babies getting sick or dying from the water we have to serve them.
we don't have to walk for hours EVERY DAY to get dirty water in buckets for our family.
we can help those that do have to do that.
and we HAVE.
we have built many wells through water4christmas and charitywater.org from your donations.
today we are rasing money to support the well mechanics that are desperately needed to keep the wells working.
for World Water Day, The Adventure Project is setting a goal to enable 186 people to become well mechanics.
if successful they could serve 930,000 people with CLEAN WATER.
it is a briliant plan.
to teach….to be effective….to bring solutions to a problem.
we can help.
but how about i throw in a little incentive?
i have a giveaway today for those that donate to The Adventure Project.
20 items of Craft Weekend SWAG.
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let's explore it a little closer…..
1. whatever….the shop 2. twirling betty
3. out of eden soaps 4. the pleated poppy
5. artsyville 6. joyshope handmade
7. crescendoh 8. jeanne oliver designs
9. jones design company 10. CM handmade
11. studio calico 12. ike & co.
13. Lisa Leonard 14. DecoArt
15. Elizabeth St. 16. rags to stitches boutique
17. crystal b 18. daisys & dots
19. pretty lil packages 20. Just Lovely Things
WOW.
this is all for you!!!!
to enter this giveaway all you need to do is donate to The Adventure Project!
GO CRAZY….tweet it, facebook it, blog it!
GIVE BIG…..every dollar counts!
PRAY for the mechanics that will be trained because of your donation!
BE AWESOME….our huge goal is to raise $25,000 today together!!
come over to my page and donate….CLICK HERE.
one entry for every $5 you give.
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let's make a BIG difference on World Water Day!!!
a and p mechanic - It’s quite rare so I am really impressed to see good people. A gorgeous idea to declare a specific Day as being an international “24 hour water event”. Sincerely hope you will succeed in accomplishing your projects.
Kathy P - about the issue with dogs in teh house or not
i grew up on a farm and we never had dogs in the house, the dirt there was red, so it just want a possibility, and the smell because it rained a lot- wet dog
but Waffle is used to being an inside dog so its a bit difficult to go changing it….
Now i live in the city, i dont have a dog but if i did i wouldnt have it inside- just seems so dirty to me to have a dog in the house. Its just what you are used to
i think waffle would be really sad if you started making him stay outside, he is so sweet
Sheila June - Donated $45. Great cause. Thanks for talking about it.
Jenny - Just gave $10! Great cause, thanks for opening my eyes a little wider!
Melissa - Donated $10…awesome cause!!
Maria - I just gave $10, thanks for giving me the opportunity!
Heidi Jo the Artist - Ha ha, I meant raise $550, going on 5 hours of sleep…
Heidi Jo the Artist - Hey Girl, you are awesome to use your blog for good! I know you’ve heard that before, but seriously $2,505-WOW! And over $60,000 total right now-DOUBLE WOW! That’s a lot of mechanics and equipment to be able to fix wells for clean water!!!
I donated $50 under my campaign: http://tapwater.causevox.com/HeidiJotheArtist I wish I could have raised at least something other than what I gave!! I really did try to spread the word through blog, fb, & twitter, maybe they donated under the regular part of the campaign, I really hope I helped in some way. Hoping to do some more campaigning and see if I can at least get to $540 to fund 1 mechanic over the next month.
God’s blessings to you!
Amy Sytsma - Donated 10$ yesterday. Thanks for letting me be a part of this in a small way.
Shelly Foster - Just donated to this awesome cause !
Lisa - Donated $50!!! I’m feeling lucky today!!! 🙂 We give the gift of clean water on behalf of friends and family each Christmas. Such an important cause.
Jill - donated $10 – but I missed the link to your fundraising page – went to their site directly with your first hyperlink!
Gale - Just donated $10 – wish it could be more but happy I can do that! 🙂 Well worth it – and sent the link to my family and friends!
amy - happy to have donated to a wonderful cause. thanks for giving me the opportunity to participate.
Melissa - Just donated! I hope your reach your goal!
Selina - I have donated to this fabulous cause!
Sara Torbett - Just donated! I must have thought of this every. single. time. I turned on the water today. For every bottle I made for my sweet baby…I thought of those who don’t have clean water. This makes tears from deep in my heart, and a desire to help.
Jenni Carlisle - Wish it could be more, but alas we end with number four.
Jenni Carlisle - And threeeee
Jenni Carlisle - entry número dos
Jenni Carlisle - Love your heart & love water! Entry 1
sonya - lilsoak + friends - Love what you r doing and that its training for mechanics for clean water
Heading over to donate.
Carrie - $20 in to help the Mama’s of the world provide their babies with clean water…thanks Meg for spreading the word.
Courtney - I love that this project equips them to help too and doesn’t just give them wells (not that the wells aren’t also AWESOME!). I donated as well. Love the awseom swag too! Thanks Meg!
Lynne - You make this so darn easy. Thanks for that, Meg!
Shauna Lobre - Gave $25
Keep the giveaways coming…..
Elizabeth Flowers - Excited to have just donated!!
Jenna - Thanks for the inspiration, Meg!
Lisa - Love this! Donated $20.
Mary Ley - Just donated $15
Kelly - Just donated $10.
You rock!
Anne - Just donated $25. Yay for clean water!!! 🙂
Tracy - the swag is nice and all. and if I won,I would totally want it 😉 but honestly, I just quickly scrolled down to find where I can give 🙂 I love to be able to give and help the needy, but I love, even more, to empower them! thanks so much for heading this up! I’m going right now to give $20. And then I’ll go do a blog post….
julie - Love your water loving guts. So very much.
Let’s do this.
Donated $50.
nicole i - donated $25. I saw 58 earlier this year and one of the claims was about water…due to clean water wells there are less children dying from water borne illnesses worldwide.
karen - Just donated $25
Ashley B. - I donated! 🙂
Jessica - Another $25 to add to your total. Thank you for awesome opportunities you give us!
Suzanne - Love this!! And so important!!! Donated $150.
Tara - Donated $25. Thanks for leading the way. I love what they do, great stuff. We helped with ovens at Christmas, too.
Terrie G - I love how you make me aware of ways to give to others! I love giving…it’s me…who I am! I feel blessed to be able to give! I just got an e-mail that they are matching my donation of $50!! So exciting! All I had to do was give and now it’s doubled! one step closer to training someone to maintain their own wells! I shared it with my friends on fb too…hope it helps to spread the awareness of a great need! Have a great day Meg! Hope you reach your goal and double it!! 🙂
Jamie J - That was easy 🙂 $25 more towards training another mechanic!
sue - Why not do this for a charity that is here in the United States. There must be plenty of good causes that need help here.
Jennifer - Just donated! Thanks Meg!
Danielle - Just donated $20! Happy to help:)
Arly Helm - Gave $10; I would estimate a lot of people in my community spend this much or more on bottled water each month, despite that we have lovely tap water, which can be filtered to further improve it.
SoCalLynn - I donated $10 and shared about it on my Facebook page. Good luck! I noticed you are one of the top earners so far!
Molly - Just donated $10! Thanks for letting my little donation be part of something big!! Your the best Meg!! 🙂
Tiffany - You’re such a good cheerleader. I donated $10.
Christy - I donated $20. Thanks for giving me the chance to be a part of something that will make a difference in so many people’s lives!!
Anna Marie - I just gave $15 :o)
Amy Moran - Hi Meg.
I just made a $25, simply because I saw your post. Thank you for thinking of others, and encouraging us to do the same.
-Amy
Lisa M. - Just donated…thank you for showing us the need, Meg!
God Bless you!
nora - I donated. Thank you, Meg!!!
Gerri - Donated $25. Thanks for always making us aware. Love your spirit. I’ll put this on my blog also.
holly - Just donated. thanks for bringing this brilliant idea to our eyes.
cassandra - Donated $10. You’re a true blessing to this world, Meg!
robyn - donated $20! great project!
Cara E - blessed to give $50 to help out!
Ashley - $25 more in their water bucket! Thank you for sharing your heart for others. You inspire me to do the same!!
Rachelle - $25 more! Hope it helps you double your goal! My cousin is in India at Sarah’s Covenant House for Children – I hope they all have access to clean water someday!
Sarah - donated $10!
Ruth - awesome project meg – i am volunteering in the south of india for a year and water is such a big deal. love your heart for the developing world 🙂
jen - donated $25, blogged about {borrowed some of your words! they were so powerful and to the point i couldn’t write about it any other way!}, pinned it, facebooked it! let’s help spread the luxury of water! i hope to be as successful as you in my fundraising!
Angela - I started my own fundraising page to blast on my Facebook, and donated $10! 🙂
Erin L - I donated (not much but its all I can do right now) and I posted it on Facebook!
Jamie - Just gave $25.
Niki - Done and done!! Can’t wait to see what kind of major dent we can make in this problem!! I love it!
Seriously Sassy Mama - I just donated!
Rachel J - I started a page with my own blog after reading your post last week. What a great cause!
God bless you Meg!
Renae - Let us know how to enter. Just donated!!
Katie Mathieson - What a wonderful cause. Good luck and God bless!
amy jupin - of course, sugar britches.
just dropped a twenty in the bucket.
love your heart!
Regina - Do we need to post for every $5? Surely not….or you’ll be swimming in comments by the day’s end (no pun intended, lol)! You may want to clarify that though. 🙂
Regina - Just kicked it off with $10. 🙂 Water is so very important!