My birthday is around the corner. I don’t usually ask for presents, but this year I’ve decided to make an exception. I’m asking all my friends and family to donate to charity: water and give clean water to people who need it, instead of giving me gifts.

I am starting this Charity:Water page in-kind with my daughter Hailey who selflessly gave up her 6th birthday gifts so that Children's Hospital could receive new gifts from her and her friends. She inspires me every day and to see her be able to give up something so important, I will too. I have already given $170 to this campaign or 10% of my goal. I am asking for $1700 before the 17th of July.

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.

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.

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