Photo Credit: Passports with Purpose
Traveling Friends, I'm very excited to participate in Passports with Purpose this year. PWP is a travel blogger fundraising event. This year, the goal is to raise $100k in about 2 weeks time for water.org to build wells in Haiti. This post is simply an appetizer....whetting your appetite for what's to come.
I've been fortunate to enjoy safe drinking water every day of my life.
Participating in this event is just one way for me to help give back.
As we dive into the holiday season (you know, the one that seems to stretch from Labor Day through New Year's), think of all the things that you enjoy and how rewarding it would be to give a small gift (talkin' $10 here) to improve the lives of others.
Beginning November 29, a whole slew of travel bloggers (a technical term to be sure) will be posting about Passports with Purpose and how you can get involved. Each blogger has secured a prize. For every $10 you donate, you have a chance to select what prize you might like to win. When this travel blogging fundraising craziness is done, the winners will be drawn.
My good friends at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center and Grand Hyatt Denver have each donated a weekend night stay for this event. Talk about awesome!
A few water facts from water.org to get you thinking...
- More people have a mobile phone than a toilet
- 780 million people lack access to clean water
- In one day 200 million hours of work time are consumed by women collecting water for their families
- 443 million school days are lost each year due to water related illnesses
Guatemalan boys win prizes at a run sponsored by
Healing Waters International (Aguas de Unidad)
June 2010
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