I’m not always one to fall for every cause that comes along.  When PBS telethons come on, for example, I have no qualms whatsoever about changing the channel.  But I recently received this message in my inbox, and because it was too easy to use my voice here to pass it along and to urgent a plea to ignore, I reprint it with only minor modifications from the original.

There’s a widget in the right sidebar you can use if you want to make a donation.  And if you’re wondering, yes, already I did.

Over 4,000 children die each day due to illness from lack of clean drinking water. Our goal at BlogCatalog is to "shake you up" and unite you with other bloggers so that we can solve this problem.

Bloggers along with Bloggersunite, WaterAid America & others are working together to bring clean water to people who are dying because of dirty, unsanitary water.

Isn’t it unbelievable that over 1 million children a year die because they don’t have clean water; when a well can be built in a town for a few thousand dollars. WorldAid does this. They have simple solutions to this big problem. Bloggers can help and many already are helping.

If you haven’t joined or blogged about what they do, let’s help them do their jobs. The results are measurable and have a direct impact on whether a child lives or dies.

It’s so simple, and if we unite, and contribute we can help another person who isn’t as fortunate as we are. For far less than an iPhone, a mobile phone, when we come together as bloggers, as the "new media", we can save 1 million children’s lives each year.

Please make a difference and visit

http://www.bloggersunite.org/event/wateraid-a-burden-for-thirst

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