I set some very specific goals at the beginning of 2012 and every day this year I’ve been focusing on meeting my numbers (feels like I’m back at the old sales job I got fired from lol).
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My Donation Goal:
One of my goals was to donate at least $35,000 to church / charity. One charity that I’m a huge fan of is Charity Water and because today is World Water Day and I’d been planning to buy a well for a while now I thought today was the perfect day to buy my first well for $5,000.
(MyCharityWater campaign page)
What a $5,000 well provides:
Clean water to 250 people and more great stuff for the community it serves (see more details here)
World Water Day Statistics / Why You Should Donate:
Almost 1,000,000,000 people don’t have clean drinking water (Yah that’s 1 billion and I agree damn that’s a lot of people). So as I sit in my comfy office chair and write this blog post while drinking from a glass of water that I only had to walk 10 steps to fill it annoys me when we (especially as Americans) complain about so many things in life when we don’t realize how good we have it (I toss myself in there of course because in no way am I saying that I’m without blame). In fact it reminds me of this hilarious clip from Louis CK that should resonate with everyone:
I just think it’s important for us to remember that if you even have access to the internet and are reading this blog post, you’re better off then the almost 1,000,000,000 other people who don’t even have water. In any case, I don’t want you get the impression that I only wrote this blog post to toot my own horn and say oh look what I did. I wrote this blog post because I made a public goal about my income / donations and so I thought it best to update you, but what I’d really like is that as you finish reading this blog post and recognize (as I constantly try to remind myself) just how great you have it.
Donate To Charity Water Here
Now donate some money for water today. The reason why I’m a big fan of Charity Water is because 100% of your donation goes towards funding water projects (private donors cover the administration costs). So donate below and remember how awesome life is for you compared to nearly a billion other people who don’t even have clean water to drink.
P.S. I’ll get back to business with some more blog posts relating to online marketing soon.
Hey Chris:
I think that’s awesome that you have committed yourself to donating. Charity water seems like a great cause and makes me consider how I could improve in charitable giving. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Spencer ๐
Chris,
Good on you, buddy. It’s nice to see the Internet Marketing community giving back. You’re doing something to legitimize our business and help people out at the same time.
Great work!
Thanks Mike
You’re doing a good deed and it is a god example for everyone. There is a saying “If you planted you may reap”.
keep it up!
Thanks Becca
Great job Chris, I really admire your generosity.
Thanks ๐
Hi Chris…You are an inspiration to is because you are so generous in sharing this kind of post for the thousand readers…You are an inspiration!
Thanks
Charty: Water is an awesome organization, The first time i heard about it was from a video on YouTube posted by iJustine. I fully support the cause and i’m subscribed to make a monthly donation of $50. Every bit counts.
Awesome to see more people digging deep to donate
Hey Chris-
Charity Water is a class act. They use a lot of core internet marketing principles and are connecting on donors in many different ways. As Pat Flynn over at SPI says – be everywhere.
I just became a member of your virtual moguls membership site and am tearing through the modules. Great work!
Cheers,
Bret
Hey Bret,
Thanks – yah I’m shooting for a total of 3 more wells for the year ๐ and glad you’re enjoying Virtual Moguls
Chris
well done Sir chris ๐