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Break Our Hearts for What Breaks Yours
In June 2014, Josh Haltom, student pastor at Fork Christian Church, took about 30 middle school students to a Christ In Youth Conference at Johnson University. A video was shown featuring Ruby, a teenage girl who used her birthday to raise funds to build a home for a family in Nicaragua. Inspired by the video,…
Read MoreMaking Sacrifice Tangible
Meet Annie. A college student joining us in Save a Drink. Her story is profound. Check it out: Most college students are addicted to coffee. Me? Well, I’m addicted to tea. I drink it to relax, to wake up, to motivate me through one more 20-page essay (as an English major), and to help my…
Read MoreThank You for Drinking H2Only Yesterday!
Thank you to everyone who joined us in drinking H2Only yesterday! You got creative, drank only water, and even organized your own water walks. As a result, you’ve donated nearly $8,000 so far to bring clean water to the village of Gitwa-Nyamifumba. That means we’re well on our way to being able to shorten the…
Read MoreVanderbilt Blood:Water Shortens the Walk
Thursday was a big night for Blood:Water! We were honored to host Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx for a reception at our office. Jars of Clay performed at a hugely successful House Concert in Holland, Mich. And, finally, the Vanderbilt chapter of Blood:Water hosted a fundraiser dinner in Alumni Lounge. Students who gathered dined on Ethiopian…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday
This coming Sunday is World Water Day. In honor of the entire world uniting to quench the thirst of millions, we throw it back to some of the many projects you’ve helped fund since our start in 2004. Rainwater Catchment Tank Built in Kenya, 2008 These are just a few of the projects you’ve helped…
Read MoreAmbassador Birx Visits the Blood:Water Office
Last week, we were honored to host Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx for a reception at our office. Ambassador Birx is a world-renowned medical expert and leader in the field of HIV/AIDS. As the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Birx oversees the implementation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest commitment…
Read MoreHolland House Concert
When you’re attending a Blood:Water house concert featuring Jars of Clay you may not expect to hear Jimmy Buffett acoustic renditions coming from the stage right off the bat, but that’s exactly how the evening started in Holland, Mich. Last Thursday, some of our long-time friends and donors, Jane and Kevin Clark, Linda and Dan…
Read MoreWorld Water Day
Water you going to do about World Water Day (Sunday, March 22)? May we suggest a little a H2ONLY? And here’s why: Gitwa-Nyamifumba—it’s one of the three villages we are working to bring water to this season. So this is a big goal. But how about we do it today? Let’s just knock it out.…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday
We’re throwing it back to what Save a Drink, Save a Life used to be: 40 Days of Water. Check out this awesome old school designing. Until 2014, during the Lenten season, we encouraged our supporters to drink only water for 40 days and donate what they saved to bring clean water to Africa. Not a…
Read MoreThe Running Water 5K Brings Water to Africa
This weekend over 90 people showed up to run in a 5K to bring clean water to The Next Million, all because Nashville teen Annika Sleenhof chose to Be the Movement. Annika is a freshman at Ravenwood High School. She started running in fifth grade as a way to pass the time during her brother’s…
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