I have never really had the ideal birthday. Something always seems to go wrong or it just doesn't meet my expectations. That was until this year. In November 2010 Scott Harrison the founder of Charity Water came and spoke at Mosaic in Downtown LA and changed my life.

I had never been so touched and inspired for a cause in my life. Children carrying 80 pounds of water on their backs everyday. They walk for hours to and from their water source to get water that is not even clean. Can you imagine watching your 5 year old child sharing a drink of dirty, bacteria infested water with a cow? Probably not, but for people in Africa, that is their everyday norm.

This year I decided to make my birthday count for something. No big elaborate plans. No spending obscene amounts on money on material things that at the end of the day don't last and don't matter. This year I am giving up my birthday so that someone else can live long enough to see theirs.

Please help me celebrate my 22nd year of life by giving someone else another year of theirs.