Action

Fundraising to support the cause

             After looking at our several options, we chose Water Charity as the focus for our fundraising efforts. Our group decided on holding a root beer float sale for our classmates on December 19, 2008.  It was a chilly day outside, but we raised $107 for  Water Charity.  The organization provides very detailed project information, offers cost of individual projects and allows us to designate a specific project for our donations.  They have many options for delivering safe water and effective sanitation solutions, including a BioSand filter project in Guatemala, in which forty dollars can provide safe, clean drinking water for the next decade for one family (Contaminated water can be poured into the sand filter resulting in clean water for 8 to 10 people—up to 75 gallons per day.).  Water Charity’s philosophy is to maximize the resources available with smallest fund possible.  They try to use volunteers and “reduced-cost human resources” for all their projects. This enables the maximum amount of money to be used for the genuine cause.

             You can support Water Charity along with the Challenge 20/20 Group and others by using GoodSearch— and specifying Water Charity (Crestline,CA) as your designated cause—each time you need to search the Web.

NOTE:  Before our group had a chance to contact Water Charity to inform the organization we would be fundraising, we received email from the COO of  Water Charity, which had recorded a hit to their website from our website:

 

 

December 12, 2008

It just came to our attention that your group has chosen Water Charity to receive proceeds from your fundraising efforts.  We are very pleased, and I wanted to send you a quick “Thank you.” for your efforts.   

 We are in El Salvador at present, winding up our trip through Central America.  We’ll be back in California next week, and will be reporting on a large number of exciting new projects.  We’ll keep you up to date.

 We are pleased that the youth of our country are so concerned about the environment, and the welfare of all the people of the world.  Your positive actions will lead others to see that working together we can accomplish anything we set out to do.

 We would like to feature your project in an article on our website.  Would you let us know if that would be OK?

 Averill Strasser

 

December 13, 2008

We will be pleased to have you post a link to our site, and to post whatever

you wish from my email to you.  The more we can bring attention to the world

water problem in general, and to our efforts in particular, the more good we

will be able to do.

 

I have subscribed you to our newsletter, which will go out next week some

time.  I'll alert you when we post the reference to your group.

 

We accomplished a lot on this trip, but we are particularly proud of the

project we have begun to provide water filters the families of the garbage

dump workers in Guatemala City.

 

Regards,

 

Averill Strasser◊