A birthday is an annual event in which our friends and family find ways to celebrate with us the passing of another year…of us becoming older and (hopefully) wiser. For singer Adam Lambert, his 29th birthday will be a special one for another reason: the 2009 American Idol runner-up and Grammy-nominated artist is asking all of his fans to donate to charity: water in lieu of gifts.
Charity: water is a non-profit organization based in New York City that has set quite an aggressive goal: provide clean water for 100 million people in the next ten years by helping to dig wells, provide rainwater collection services and more. The organization’s founder, Scott Harrison, began charity: water after a career running New York City nightclubs and restaurants left him wanting more in life than to waste away under the flashing lights.
“In 2004, I left the streets of New York City for the shores of West Africa. I’d made my living for years in the big Apple promoting top nightclubs and fashion events, for the most part living selfishly and arrogantly. Desperately unhappy, I needed to change,” Harrison said.
Charity: water was born out of that trip to Africa, which Scott undertook as a volunteer photojournalist with Mercy Ships, a humanitarian organization which offers free medical care in the world’s poorest nations. “Over the next eight months, I met patients who taught me the meaning of courage. Many of them had been slowly suffocating to death for years and yet pressing on. Praying, hoping, surviving. It was an honor to photograph them. It was an honor to know them,” he said.
Upon returning to the United States, Scott decided that the best way in which he could help the people that had touched his life would be to use his connections in high society to raise funds and organize clean water projects and began charity: water to fulfill his vision.
The company has started extremely strong since it’s inception in 2006, and has been able to provide water for over 1 million people, has raised over $20 million and has funded over 3,000 water projects in countries from Honduras to Bangladesh to Kenya. With an estimated 1 in every 6 people in the world lacking access to clean water, there is definitely a need for all that charity: water does.
Lambert initially sought for $29,000 to be donated to charity: water, but his fans surpassed that goal within 5 hours of tweeting out the request!
Due to the overwhelmingly positive support from all around the world, Lambert has increased his target goal ten-fold, and is hoping to be able to give upwards of $290,000 to charity: water for their clean water projects.
Said Lambert, winner of both the Young Hollywood Award for Artist of the Year and the Teen Choice Award for Reality/Variety Star in 2009, “I am so excited to be a part of charity: water and able to give back to those in need.”
All of us here at Positively Celebrity are proud of Adam for his selflessness on his golden birthday, and wish him and charity: water much success in their fundraising efforts! To learn more about this great cause please visit http://www.charitywater.org
The direct site for Adam Lambert’s donation page is:
http://mycharitywater.org/adamlambert
Be sure to check back for more great inspirational celebrity stories from Richard Munassi right here at Positively Celebrity! Thank you to everyone for your support!!
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Here’s a link to Adam’s page at charity:water in case anyone wants to make a donation.
http://mycharitywater.org/adamlambert
great article, you might want to include the link to Adam’s campaign: http://mycharitywater.org/adamlambert so those so moved can help to reach his goal.
thanks for highlighting the positive!
Actually Adam Lambert’s fans surpassed his first goal of 29k within 5 hours of tweeting out the request. Within 24 hours he raised the goal to 290k
Adam Lambert’s fans also responded in a big way to two other charities he sponsored.
Thanks for the positive article. I was going to post the link but I see others have beat me to it.
Btw – besides being “American Idol Runner-up” Adam is also Grammy-Nominated Adam Lambert.
Thanks so much. Wonderful charity and wonderful man. Adam has a heart of gold, also inspiring his fans to raise over $250,000 for Donors Choose and counting.
Adam’s all about giving back, to his fans, to the world. Please help him make a difference in the world. Children need clean water. Thanks
http://mycharitywater.org/adamlambert
A few clarifications…
The 29K goal was reached in about 5.5 hours.
The news of the charity came via email notices given only to his official fan club members. The Twitter message was sent many hours after the initial goal of 29K had been reached, and surpassed.
Adam Lambert is also the recipient of a Much Music (Canada’s MTV) International Video Award and is currently a Grammy Nominee for his hit international single, “Whataya Want From Me”.
Again, the direct site for Adam Lambert’s donation page is:
http://mycharitywater.org/adamlambert
Thank you SO much to all of your for your comments and support! We’ve added your info to the article, thanks again!
Wow! Your info was great. I think internet is the best way to make others know about how to help people who are in distress all over this world. Internet is the latest, safest, fastest way to donate to a cause. And there are many sites who are offering this facility. Donate to charity
3. Yeah! I agree with you. Help a cause is really a great thing. And now a day, internet has developed so much that it helped to donate money to a cause, which is worthy enough to spend money. I am very glad about it. And people should do it more often. Donate money to a cause
Adam’s fans have been brought together by his caring beautiful spirit, gently reminding us to look out for others needing life giving water that we so often take for granted. There is so much more to this loving, generous man that meets the eye. Hie birthday is not yet over and he has raised 230,000 at my last count! Please keep giving. Lives depend on it!