Hey everyone!

As most of you know, birthdays have never been that big of a deal to me. In fact, I don't really like all of the hooplah associated with birthdays, and I hate being the center of attention like that.

But this year I'm doing something different, and I'm really excited! I'm turning 23 years old on March 16, and instead of asking for gifts (or dinner or drinks or something), I'm asking for $23 (or any other amount really..) from everyone I know. All of it is going to build freshwater projects for people in developing countries.

Almost a billion people in the world are living without clean water. Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 30,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but they still have to walk hours each day to get dirty water for their families. Can you imagine?!

My birthday wish this year is not for more things I don't need. It's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion people living without it. I really want my birthday to count this year.

The best part: 100% of all donations go directly toward water projects. And about 18 months after this campaign ends, charity: water will show us where and how every dollar we raised ended up helping in the field. We'll see GPS coordinates, photos and more details about the communities we've impacted.

Please join me! Call/text me (310.613.1045) if you have any questions, comments, etc. I love you all and am excited to have you in my life! Now, let's do this..

Jenna