Walk for Water

Fun Fact for the Day:  The average US household uses 350 gallons of water everyday.  That's approximately 127,400 gallons every year.

Pretty amazing really.  Need a drink of water?  No big deal, walk a few feet to the sink and turn it on.  Need a shower?  Jump in!  Your lawn looking a little brown?  Use a sprinkler system.  How lucky we are.  We rarely worry about our access to water, let alone our access to clean water.

No-So-Fun Fact:  1.4 BILLION people do not have access to clean drinking water.  That's over 20% of the world's population.

Can you even imagine?  I can't.  Walking miles everyday just to have a gallon or so of water for the day.

But there is something we can do.  Something we SHOULD do.

www.watermissions,org

I will be participating in Walk for Water on March 24th here in Charleston.  The 3.5 mile trek is inspired by the women and children all over the world that have to walk daily in order to collect water for their families.  I will be carry an empty pail half way, where I will fill it and carry it to the finish.

Visit their site.  Donate if you can.  Virtually walk if you're not in Charleston.  Pass along the word.  Keep the billions of people all over the world without clean water in your thoughts.  Do what you can.  Karma is good.  Clean water is better.