Clean Water for the Children, Please.

We have a couple of friends, Andrea and Zac, and we'd love to tell you what they're up to.  OK, as of our last count we have more than a couple of friends, but for now we're focusing on these two.

Zac and Andrea are currently training to run the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon scheduled for March 2.  And if that is not ambitious enough, they're doing it to raise funds for Global Water in honor of Andrea's father, who passed away last summer.

"Andrea’s father, Pasquale Scarpino, a microbiologist and university professor who dedicated his work to water disinfection and clarification projects around the world, died this summer. So we’ve decided to dedicate our marathon bid to him by raising money for an organization called Global Water"

We - Steve and I, although Steve doesn't know it yet - have just done our part and written a check, check #1004, made out to "Global Water Water Supply Fund" and as soon as the blizzard outside our door clears, at least enough for us to find our way to the mailbox, we're going to mail it to them.  Yes we are.  If Andrea and Zac are going to run 26 miles for this cause, the least we can do is walk to the mailbox.  In our snowshoes. 

I know, I'll ask Steve to do it.  Hey, I wrote the check!

And because we believe in Andrea and Zac as much as we believe in clean drinking water for children around the world, we're writing to you.  Do you believe in clean drinking water for children?  Then, no doubt, you will want to help too. 

"Depending on how much money we raise, Global Water will choose a Guatemalan school to fund, and send us pictures of the facilities that we help to build. We will not only be helping students gain access to clean and hygienic water, but will also be helping to ensure their continued educations. A full 80% of the diseases that kill children worldwide are caused by drinking contaminated water, and children sick with water-borne diseases aren’t able to stay in school as long as children with access to clean water." 

You do believe in clean drinking water for children, don't you?  And your check number is....?

~ Connie

P.S.  If you knew Andrea and Zac, you'd believe in them too.  You can contact them through their link above.  We hope you do.  With your check number, of course.