Join me in celebrating 75 years of life!  

I plan on raising $10,000 to support the purchase of fresh water wells in Africa.  Four wells will offer clean water to about 20,000 people, and will give men, women and children the opportunity to fulfill dreams of living without disease coming from polluted water, and provide new ways for them to live productive and healthy lives.  

I can't begin to tell you how blessed I have been for 75 years.  Life has been a gift far beyond my imagination.  I know I am BLESSED to BE A BLESSING, and offer my gratitude continually for the ways these blessings have shaped my life.  I just want more people in this beautiful world to know even the simple pleasures of life which, by many and varied circumstances, are withheld from them - including all basic human rights, like access to fresh water.  

Thank you friends, neighbors, family.  Donating to fresh water wells is the best give you can share with me as I celebrate 75 years of life!

About ELCA World Hunger

As a long-standing presence in communities in nearly 60 countries, including the United States, ELCA World Hunger is deeply relational and rooted in listening. We steer clear of “one-size-fits-all” answers and have enormous respect for local context, local expertise and local ingenuity. Your gifts support tailored solutions – in areas like health, water, income, education, food security, and more – that can put an end to hunger for the long term.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States with more than 3.8 million members in 10,000 congregations across the nation and the Caribbean.