Every day, 5,000 kids under the age of 5 die from water-related illnesses. I'm gonna help change that!

Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We have plenty of water to drink - even the water in our toilets is clean! But many people around the world don’t have that luxury.

Every day, 5,000 kids die from water-related illnesses before they reach their fifth birthday. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

As a mother of 5 kids, this statistic breaks my heart...and I want to do something to help.

So, on May 11, 2014, Mother's Day, I will be competing in a triathlon. My goal is to raise $5,000, in honor of the 5,000 kids that die each day from not having access to clean water.

I started this fundraising campaign to help charity: water build these types of projects around the world, and I'm looking for anyone who can help me.

100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send me photos and GPS coordinates, which I will post online, so we can all see the exact community that we helped.

Please donate to my campaign - anything you can give is a huge help!

"I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes" - Matthew 25:35