By Norma Gutierrez
What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Brush your teeth? Drink coffee? Take a shower? I bet that within the first hour of your day you are somehow using safe water. Safe water is so easily accessible, that we often overlook its importance.
Imagine waking up to a world where there is no tap water, where your sole priority of the day is to walk for miles to get water for you and your family. You cannot go to work, school, or have a normal life because accessing water becomes a task that takes over your whole day. What if that was your life?
You may be thinking, “that is so sad”, and in the five minutes it takes you to read this you might put yourself in those shoes and you might see yourself walking that walk. But is there anything you can do? Making a donation is the most common answer, but could you take a step further without risking your comfort zone? How much would that cost? The answer is: You can do more than you imagine and the cost goes from zero to a small fraction of what you think!
What can you do? Here are some ideas:
➢ Help us spread the word! We need more people to know about us, we are always looking for new volunteers, new ideas and all of this is a click away! Follow us and tell people about us! You never know who is thinking of helping and you may just be the one that sends them our way!
➢ Skip one! Skip a coffee, skip your dessert, or maybe even that afternoon lunch (turn it into afternoon snack) Do this for a week and donate the money you save to Wells Bring Hope. You may be thinking, “that is not enough”, but did you know that we provide safe water to a child for a lifetime with just $30 dollars? How much did you spend on dessert last week? Could you live a week without dessert?
➢ Another idea is: drink water to give water: forget about sodas, juice, any bottled drinks and drink just tap water for 10 days. You’ll be able to save 30 dollars and your body will also thank you for this small sugar break.
➢ You might also want to consider volunteering with us! Got an hour a day? That is enough! Contact us and we’ll be happy to help you find a way to save lives with us!
➢ And of course you can donate to our organization knowing that your donation will change lives.
We invite you to wake up and start your morning with the attitude to change a life, and give someone something that you wake up to every morning:
Safe Water!
