By Jaime Willis
As I mentioned last week, I am going to be attending Camp Mighty in just under two weeks. Part of our homework assignment is to raise $200 for Charity: Water. I didn't know a thing about Charity: Water until this assignment, but man, is this organization cool. In the "teaching people to fish" vein, Charity: Water funds water projects that help people in developing nations that don't have access to clean water get it. They don't just ship over pallets of bottled water -- they build wells. Right now, they are fund raising to buy more drilling rigs and other machinery that is required for well-making. It's not enough that they are drilling wells, they want to drill faster. This is truly a scalable model for sustainability and a truly worthy cause.
If you are interested, take three and a half minutes of your time to watch their video:
As I mentioned last week, I am going to be attending Camp Mighty in just under two weeks. Part of our homework assignment is to raise $200 for Charity: Water. I didn't know a thing about Charity: Water until this assignment, but man, is this organization cool. In the "teaching people to fish" vein, Charity: Water funds water projects that help people in developing nations that don't have access to clean water get it. They don't just ship over pallets of bottled water -- they build wells. Right now, they are fund raising to buy more drilling rigs and other machinery that is required for well-making. It's not enough that they are drilling wells, they want to drill faster. This is truly a scalable model for sustainability and a truly worthy cause.
If you are interested, take three and a half minutes of your time to watch their video:
I've been a little lax in my fundraising efforts thus far, but that is about to change. I am raffling off an iPad (1st Generation) to raise money for Charity Water. This is my old iPad, so it is used, although still in great shape. It's a 64 GB 3g + wifi iPad and it comes with it's own case and usb charger. It was $900 when I bought it last year, and the used versions are going for $400 - 500 on eBay right now. But you could win it for $5! How awesome would that be? (AWESOME.)
For $5, you will have one chance to win the iPad. How? Go to Paypal.com, and buy as many raffle tickets as you'd like between now and 12:00pm (noon) EST Friday, November 4th. I'll randomly pick a winner (using a random number generator) at 12:00pm and announce the winner here on our blog.
You win either way -- each raffle ticket will help Charity: Water bring more clean water to those in need, and you may even get a iPad and I complete my Camp Mighty homework! Win - Win - Win!
Don't like iPads, but want to help? Check out what my teammates are doing to raise money:
Eden is raffling off jewelry, a cool camera, and an Amazon gift card here.
Amy is raffling off a $25 gift card, homemade brownies, a mixed CD, and other stuff here.
Lisa is selling some awesome artwork here.
Erica is baking banana bread in exchange for donations here.
Linz is offering 20% off her design services (logos, t-shirts, and more) here.
Alison is selling greeting cards here.
Leslie is giving away prints of your choosing for your donations here.
Andrea of Four Flights of Fancy is selling ad space on her blog here.
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