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Telling Our STORY
When our co-founder, Jena Lee Nardella, was asked to speak about her recently released memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” at STORY, we jumped on the opportunity to be as involved as possible. STORY is an uncommon creativity conference that was not only held in Blood:Water’s office base of Nashville, Tenn., this year, but at the main…
Read MoreJoin Our Book Club!
With the recent release of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s first memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” we’ve been talking a lot about books. So that made us think – we should start a Blood:Water Book Club! Since the founding days of Blood:Water, so much of the culture formed as staff read the same books, discussing and learning…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Going Digital
This week’s Photo Friday highlights a program we introduced to you last week. Last week we had a team in Zambia training our partner Seeds of Hope International (SoHIP) on digital data collection. SoHIP is already putting the training to use. In this photo they are monitoring where water filters have been installed and which ones have been checked to…
Read MoreWorlds Collide
Very few people can say that they get the chance to have their worlds collide beautifully. Past, present, and future. Old friends and new. Celebrating something bigger than themselves, walking away different than the people they were when they walked in the door. This was my experience from the Winston-Salem House Concert on Tuesday night.…
Read MoreBlood:Water Takes a Pilgrimage
The inaugural year of the Pilgrimage Festival was one for the books! With three stages and an A-list lineup that included catalog acts such as Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson, the buzz leading up to the festival made involvement a hot commodity. Blood:Water was amply represented at the festival with a booth and a Lemon:Aid…
Read MoreMiss the Book Tour? Catch It Here.
If you weren’t able to join us on the “One Thousand Wells” book tour, we have good news. Our friends at Tattered Cover-Colfax in Denver, Colo., recorded the entire event there, and it’s now available as a podcast! Listen as co-founder Jena Lee Nardella reads segments from her memoir, and shares about the journey that…
Read MorePhoto Friday: From the Farm
On Tuesday, Little Big Town joined us for our annual Farm event. It was a beautiful night and an incredible performance. We are so grateful for the generous support they’ve shown Blood:Water over the years, and the lasting change that has been created as a result. We are also thankful for each person who spent…
Read MoreShe Sings Arias. She Speaks Swahili. She’s Nadia!
You know Aaron, Jake, Katy, and Barak. Now we’d like to introduce you to our classical-singing, Swahili-speaking technical director, Nadia Kist. Although Nadia is a native New Yorker, she’s lived in Nairobi, Kenya, for the last 11 years. During her time there, she has visited 11 countries on the African continent, and learned to speak…
Read MoreHope Lutheran Church: The Walter Project
This summer, we were blessed by the many churches that participated in The Walter Project. There were many creative and hardworking children’s ministry programs that used our curriculum for their Vacation Bible School or Sunday school. Hope Lutheran Church in Greece, New York, stood out, as they had a three-week VBS program this summer with…
Read MoreThe Countdown Is On
1000:1000 means one thousand hours for “One Thousand Wells.” In the one thousand hours surrounding the release of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” we have been busy celebrating by providing 800 kids with clean water! We wanted to do something really special to honor the story of “One Thousand Wells,” as well…
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