Goal Reached

With God's help, we did it!! After an incredibly successful Rummage Sale (raising over $1100), we hit our goal of $3500 in two months of fundraising!! Once the remaining amounts have been deposited, we will mail a check to The Water Project to sponsor a clean water well to be dug somewhere in Africa. More details to come!

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Are you wearing your
Water Project wristband?

If you are giving towards this project,
make sure you contact us to get one!

If you'd like to give financially toward this project, please email us.

For more info, read the "introduction" or go to the water project.
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On Average

The average human needs 50 liters of water
per day for drinking, cooking and sanitation.

The average North American uses 600 liters

The average African has access to 6 liters


Make a difference globally!
For only $3500, a new well can be provided to a needy African village.
Currently, we have raised approximately $1500--we need you to give!

If you'd like to give financially toward this project, please email us.

For more info, read the "introduction" or go to the water project.
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Lots Of Faces

As we do every week, we spent time together in "family time" this past Saturday night in my home. Usually, we read and pray as a family. This time my daughter Shannon had us discuss the water project and do something creative to help us realize the importance of it.

She had us write down how much each of us was planning on giving. Then she dropped a stack of magazines on the floor and we cut out faces from magazines--one for every dollar we were going to donate to the project. We taped the faces together and hung them on a wall in our home. Now every day we walk passed over 300 faces...and we're adding to the number each day.

Realize how much impact your involvement will make!
For only $3500, a new well can be provided to a needy African village.
Currently, we have raised approximately $1500--we need you to give!

If you'd like to give financially toward this project, please email us.

For more info, read the "introduction" below or go to the water project.
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We flush more than they have

We use at least 1.6 gallons of water--
probably more--to flush our toilets.
How many times a day do you flush?

A person living in Sub-Saharan Africa uses
about 3 gallons of water a day on average...
And that's not necessarily "clean".

We have so much of what the world needs!
It's time we become generous!

For only $3500, a new well can be provided to a needy village or school.

Our hope is that we can join the movement ending the global water crisis through partnerships with organizations like The Water Project.

If you'd like to give financially toward this project, please email us.

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introduction

Water is basic to life and health. Unfortunately, over 1 billion people worldwide have no access to safe drinking water. According to World Resources Institute, 80% of all sickness and disease worldwide is attributed to unsafe drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, a lack of safe drinking water takes a greater human toll than war, terrorism & weapons of mass destruction combined.

Here are some quick worldwide facts...

--1.1 billion people don't have safe water to drink

--a child dies every 15 seconds from a lack of clean water

--the number one killer in the world is unsafe drinking water

--1.8 million die every year from illness linked to unclean water

Having no safe water leads to:

--water-borne diseases (cholera, typhoid, Hepatitis A)

--water-related diseases (malaria, yellow fever, river blindness)

--water-based diseases (dysentery, guinea worm)

--water-scarce diseases (trachoma, scabies)

--common diarrhea

The crisis is worst in sub-Saharan Africa where 2 in 5 people lack safe water. A baby here is almost 520 times more likely to die from diarrhea than one born in the U.S. or Europe.

Drilling a fresh water well is a relatively inexpensive, yet permanent solution to this epidemic. For only $3500, a new well can be provided to a needy village or school.

Our hope is that we can join the movement ending the global water crisis through partnerships with organizations like The Water Project (www.thewaterproject.org).

If you'd like to give financially towards this project, please email contactus@pathwayonline.org for instructions.