My 30th Birthday Challenge – How You Can Get a Free Copy of My New Book!

**(Also, as of 2:40 pm CST, all 75 books have been given away to the donors who donated $50+…thank you so much!)

Update: 7:50 am CST
$1780 donated is providing 1780 Africans with clean water for a year!
Only 25 books remain!
$3220 left to reach our goal!

Update: 9:15 am CST
$2550 donated is providing 2550 Africans with clean water for a year!
I just added 25 more books, so there are now 37 books left if you donate $50 or more.
$2450 left to reach our goal!

Update: 10:30 am CST
$3260 donated is providing 3260 Africans with clean water for a year!
Only 30 books remain (for a donation of $50 or more).
$1740 left to reach our goal!

Update: 12 pm CST
$3900 donated is providing 3900 Africans with clean water for a year!
Only 21 books remain (for a donation of $50 or more).
$1100 left to reach our goal!

Update: 1:30 pm CST
$4550 donated is providing 4550 Africans with clean water for a year!
Only 11 books remain (for a donation of $50 or more).
$450 left to reach our goal!

Update: 2:30 pm CST
$5245 donated is providing 5245 Africans with clean water for a year!
Only 4 books remain (for a donation of $50 or more).
$0 left to reach our goal–but let’s keep this going!

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Friday, February 19, 2010, I turn THIRTY stinking years old.

THIRTY.

I’m pretty excited about it…I think.

Anyway…

To celebrate, I would LOVE to raise $5000 for Blood:Water Mission through my Ride:Well Tour (the 3100 mile cycling tour I’m doing in June and July) fundraising.

Two nifty things:

The first nifty thing is this:

Since a few generous friends have already donated to my bike ride and I’ve met that goal – 100% of the donations will go toward the check we write to Blood:Water at the end of the trip. So, whatever you donate today is going straight to Blood:Water Mission!

Can you donate $30 for my 30th birthday? If we can find 167 people to donate just $30 each, we’ll hit the goal. (I’d personally like to blow the pants off it.)

The second nifty thing is this:

The first fifty 75 people who donate $50 or more will receive a free copy of my new book Permission to Speak Freely before anyone else does. The book will be autographed (I can find someone actually famous to sign it if you’d like).

This little challenge is for TODAY only – February 19th – so please tell your friends and drop $30 before midnight on February 20, 2010! 100% of your donation is tax deductible.

Your $30 buys 30 Africans clean water for a year.

That means if we reach the goal of $5000, we are providing FIVE THOUSAND AFRICANS with clean water for a year!!!!!

And that is the best 30th birthday gift I could ever ask for!

To donate (in any amount), click here.

I’ll update Twitter through the day with the totals, and post the final total back on the blog on Saturday.