I remember reading the website's homepage for the first time. More than 1.1 BILLION people lack access to clean drinking water. Not million- billion. Not access to water, just access to stuff that's clean and safe.
How could this be? Something I take for granted, something so simple. I turn the faucet on and there it is. Clean water. I never worry about getting a disease that will keep me out of school and could potentially kill me.
Thirst Relief is my favorite organization. Literally, I love them. Not only are they doing a remarkable thing but the people who run it are just so darn awesome. Like Jim Davis-Hicks: wedding photographer, Thirst Relief creator and really cool guy. I got the opportunity to meet both Jim and his equally awesome wife Lara at WPPI in March. It's hard for me to listen to people who are so passionate about what they're doing because it makes ME passionate about what they're doing. And Jim and Lara, well you two sucked me in. I've never met two people more focused on a goal and more driven and passionate about a cause.
Not only is Thirst Relief run by awesome people, it's an organization who's strategy is one I love. Dirty water causes health issues- 2 million people die from waterborne illnesses each year, many of them children. It keeps sick kids out of school, causing countless other problems down the line. Instead of throwing money at treating the illnesses or the other results of dirty water, Thirst Relief goes to the source.
Clean the water.
Everything else will take care of itself. The coolest part of that? Thirst Relief's solutions to cleaning the water are sustainable. They take care of the root problem and they take care of it for a really, really long time. And for a lot of people.
It's my 21st birthday next Thursday. As a present to me, would you donate to Thirst Relief? The really cool part is all it takes is $5 to save a life. Instead of a coffee, you buy someone clean water.
Click here to donate.
You can do so anonymously or fill in my email: bookings@kelseybigelowphotography.com and I'll send you love, kisses and adorations.
Happy Tuesday everyone! Thanks for letting me share my passion with you. :)
1 comments:
PREACH it!!!!!! for real, your the type of Thirst Relief evangelists that we love! Thank you for the kind words and really great encouragement! You rock and happy birthday!!!! I'd love it if more people donated their birthdays and weddings and . . ...
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