All of my birthdays have always been about stuff.
Also about things.
When you're a kid - it's the best day on earth because you don't have to share it like you do at Christmas.

Well, you get older don't you. And you end up learning to share, and actually liking it.

So as you know (thanks wikipedia) I'm turning 38 (awesome) years old and instead of asking for presents, I'm asking for $38 or more from everyone I know.
This money is not going to me, though.
All of it is going to build freshwater projects for people in developing countries.

Almost a billion people in the world are living without clean water -- but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 30,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still have to walk hours each day to get dirty water for their families.

My birthday wish this year is not for a Canon 5DmkIII, a Tesla, or a ride in Richard Branson's spiffy space rocket; it's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion people living without it.

The best part: 100% of all donations go directly toward water projects. And about 18 months after this campaign ends, charity: water will show us where and how every dollar we raised ended up helping in the field. We'll see GPS coordinates, photos and more details about the communities we've impacted.

I've met Scott Harrison personally, he's an amazing human being, and I couldn't be more proud to ask you to help him.
So happy birthday to me, thanks in advance, raise a glass of H20 and smile!