All of my birthdays have always been about stuff. Stuff I like and stuff I think I need, but in the end, it's just stuff. And to be honest, I hardly even remember what I got on my last birthday.

So, even though my birthday was in April, I'm giving my birthday up.

On April 3rd, 2010, I turned the ripe old age of 33 years old. Even though it's my belated birthday, instead of asking for gifts, I'm asking for $33.00 or more from everyone I know. It's not going to me, though. All of it is going to build freshwater wells for people in developing nations. If you still feel kind of "iffy" about it, check out the videos and click on the + MORE button on the middle right.

A BILLION people in the world are living without clean water - but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 45,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still walk hours each day to get dirty water to give to their families.

My belated birthday wish this year is not for more gifts I don't need; it's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion living without it. I want to make my belated birthday matter this year as well as for YEARS to come.

Please join me.

please note: Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is "proved" and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete.