We often take things for granted in life. My entire childhood I was fortunate enough to spend my summers on Crystal Lake in northern Michigan. Crystal Lake is 20.5 miles around and filled with water so clean you can drink from it, which I often did as a child.

There are 663 million people who do not have access to clean drinking water, which is one of the root causes of illnesses and infections that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths a year: 1,400 children every day!

Instead of buying me a drink or a gift, please join me in celebrating my 25 years of life on this earth by donating whatever you can to my favorite non for profit, Charity:Water. 100% of the proceeds go directly toward providing clean water, not towards anyone's salary. Please consider sponsoring me in my 20.5 mile run around Crystal Lake for clean water.

My dear friend Diane Allen has offered to be a matching donor for the first $1,000 raised. This means that whatever you donate will be doubled and have twice the impact. Every $30 donated guarantees one person to have clean drinking water for the rest of his or her life.

Let's save lives together!