World Water Day, March 22, 2007

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The international observance of World Water Day (March 22) is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. It's goal is to raise awareness of the global water crisis that affects more than a billion people and claims the life of one child every 15 seconds, with water scarcity becoming a more prevalent crisis every year.

On this day and the week preceding it, March 22, 2007, PFG will be donating any proceeds from any items sold in our Cafe Press store to Water Partners International. We also encourage you to wear blue that day and to also pledge to conserve the amount of water you currently use, or you can offset water as you do carbon. Everytime you wash dishes, take a shower, wash your car, etc., fill a jar with a dollar. You will be amazed at how much money you can accumulate in even two weeks time that could be sent as a donation to a good organization like Water Partners International that provides potable water to millions who would otherwise do without this human right.

We take so much for granted in this country, especially our water. This is one day we can put aside to not only think about what we use but to also reflect on just what a miraculous life saving liquid water is. No one should die for lack of clean water to drink and sustain them. Doing all in our power with what we have to help see that happen is now the primary goal of our PAC.

I will also personally be donating as a sustaining donor to WPI, and taking it upon myself to hand out flyers about the global water crisis that I will design. I am also just in the beginning stages of trying to lay out a slideshow on this crisis. The preservation of freshwater resources is a moral imperative and any small thing you can do at least on this one day to show your support makes a difference to the whole.

Water Is Life.

Thank you