On February 2, Aiden celebrated his 8th birthday! Happy Belated Birthday Aiden! For his birthday, Aiden didn't want presents... Aidan has 1 wish for his birthday. Aiden's wish is for children to have clean drinking water.
I read about Aiden's Birthday Wish on "Operation NICE" - a fun, encouraging blog I follow about all things NICE! Melissa Morris blogs about living a proactively nice lifestyle. On February 2, Melissa posted a letter from Aidan's mom, Jennifer, who had written to her to share Aidan's birthday wish. Here's what she wrote:
About a month ago, 20/20 aired a special called "Be the Change: Save a Life." My son Aidan sat down to watch it and was especially taken aback by the number of children that died before the age of 5 because of a lack of clean water. He was impressed with Charity:Water's work, but didn't mention it again until Tuesday night. At the dinner table, he asked me if he could donate his birthday this year. So this year, instead of presents, his goal is to raise $800 for Charity:Water. He is asking all the kids in his class and going door to door on his bike this weekend, but I thought I'd help him out by sharing his story with you.
Well, as it turns out Aidan has completely smashed his original goal, so now he has set his sights higher! Aiden's new goal is to raise $5000 for Charity: Water. Aiden is more than half way to his new goal having raised $2561.00 - Way to go Aiden!! If you would like to help Aiden reach his goal, please visit his fundraising page and make a donation to Charity: Water. In honor of Aiden's 8th birthday, how about donating $8.00 to an awesome cause!
In Aiden's own words:
Water is more important than toys I will get on my birthday. There are kids who do not even get to turn 5 years old because they have dirty water. This makes me sad.
So, I don't want presents this year or a big party. Instead, I am asking everyone to give $8 because I am turning 8 years old. Please help my birthday wish come true and help an entire community get clean water.
Thanks Aiden for caring about other kids! YOU ARE AWESOME!!
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Source: http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=12487
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