One piano concert + many generous donors = many people with clean, safe drinking water and longer, healthier lives!

My birthday is around the corner. I don’t usually ask for presents, but this year I’ve decided to make an exception and ask for something that's really important and great. I’m asking all my friends and family to donate to charity:water and give clean water to people who need it.

Did you know that almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water? 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.

I've done birthday campaigns with charity:water before (check out my first one: http://my.charitywater.org/5656). It's still amazing to me that 100% of every dollar you donate to my birthday campaign will be used to build clean water projects in developing countries. charity:water funds their operating costs separately through a group of private donors, so 100% of all public donations will go directly to people in need.

Also, since this is my "Big 3-0" birthday, and since I've been wanting to use my gift of classically-trained piano for many years, I figured that if I don't put on a concert for my 30th birthday, I never will. So I am. It will be at 6:30pm on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Greenbelt Baptist Church (101 Greenhill Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20770). Here are the facebook details and you are more than welcome to come: https://www.facebook.com/events/477350172366124

Help me make this birthday my best ever -- donate to my campaign!