People ask us all the time . . . "How can I get involved and help out?" Well, there are many creative ways that you can help. We'll actually be focusing on one creative donor a month such as Mike Colon who has created a raffle system for cool products for photographers. (you can read about this below.) Anyway, Recently someone named Nathania contacted us and wanted to get involved. I thought I'd post our VP's response and let others of you know how you can too. Of course we welcome other ideas such as Mike's and others but this is the easiest way to get involved! However you get involved even if it's a $5 a month donation we are blessed to have you on board as part of the Thirst Relief International team.

As I write this there are men and women working diligently in remote regions of the world producing bio-sand water filters and drilling wells for some of the most needy people on earth!

What a joy to be a part of this exciting venture. Enjoy Greg's response.

Jim Hicks
President
Thirst Relief International

Nathania,

Thanks for your interest in Thirst Relief International and willingness to get involved. We are a 100% volunteer run organization, so we can definitely use your help! In fact, it's people like you with a heart for our cause that really make things happen. Your timing is perfect, as we have just started to enlist volunteers for our grassroots marketing campaign "GET INVOLVED...GET THE WORD OUT!" to help spread the word about Thirst Relief and the drinking water crisis plaguing 1.1 billion people worldwide. The attached Word document gives the details on how it works. In a nutshell, we provide you with a "Partner Packet" consisting of a 4 minute informational DVD, brochures, FAQs sheet, and interest sign-up sheet. Then you gather friends and family and run through the Partner Packet materials to raise awareness of who we are and what we do.

Also, we are encouraging volunteers to come up with other creative ways to help spread the word and raise funds. For example, one of our volunteers from Atlanta, Georgia is holding a "charity party" for the singles group at her church. Everyone gives a $10 donation to Thirst Relief as a "cover charge". In addition, she asked area businesses to donate items for an auction with all proceeds going to Thirst Relief. Link to our blog from the Thirst Relief website to see how others are getting creative with their Thirst Relief fundraising efforts.

Let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to partnering with you in our efforts to save the lives of millions who are literally dying of thirst.

Regards,

Greg Gibbs
Vice President & COO
Thirst Relief International
http://www.thirstrelief.org/
1-866-5THIRST

If you'd like to sign up for one of these partner packets or have a creative way to get involved just write us at info@thirstrelief.org and let us know!

This Month's Donor Spotlight Is Focused on Mike Colon.

Read the following text from Mike's blog and see how creative he's getting in helping to raise funds for Thirst Relief International!




Mike Colón Blog
Welcome to my personal web journal. Established 12-01-05
Thursday, July 13, 2006

Hey Everyone! Sorry I dropped off the face of the earth for a couple weeks! I've been working hard, shooting, and spending time with my family. Life is good! God is good!I just now opened up my newsletter from Thirst Relief International and read about all of the cool things that are happening. I'm so excited that things are going so well and so many lives are being saved! I'm thinking about doing a photo expedition workshop to Brazil to raise funds for Thirst. It would be very different from your typical posh newport beach Mike Colon workshop. We would be roughing it on a large boat out in the middle of the amazon jungle sleeping on hammocks and fishing for our food. Totally adventurous and not entirely safe, but a guaranteed life-changing experience. 100% of the proceeds would go to Thirst. If you are crazy enough, and seriously interested, contact me at mike@mikecolon.com.Also, for every $25 you donate to Thirst, I will put your name in a drawing to win one of many cool Tamrac and Epson prizes including bags, accessories and an Epson P4000! For example, if you donate $100 to Thirst, you will have 4 tickets entered in the drawing. Just email your donation receipts to thirstrelief@mikecolon.com. The drawing will be held on Tuesday, August 1, 2006. I will be accepting entries starting now through the end of this month.***CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW AND SAVE LIVES!***

Announcing the debut of ThirstRelief.blogspot.com

More to come such as current news, photos, event info, donor highlight where we'll focus on a creative donor and a lives saved counter and a monthly giving monitor!

Thanks to all who are interested in and involved in all we are doing together with you to save lives and change the world!

Sincerely,

Jim Hicks
President and CEO
Thirst Relief International