This is a big milestone year for me… Threadless turns 10 and on August 19th, I’ll be turning 30.  There goes my 20′s!  I couldn’t think of a better way to end the decade than to raise some funds for a great cause – building wells for the billion people on earth who don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water.

These folks are doing amazing work.  Recently my friend Chuck Anderson traveled to Ethiopia with charity: water to see firsthand the work they have been doing.  The photos from the trip are really incredible.  And then I saw Seth Godin, who wrote a little piece for the upcoming Threadless book, give his birthday to charity: water.  Here is a great quote from his post:

“In general, I think trade is better than aid, and creating scalable investments that engage the developing world is the best shortcut to bring us all out of poverty. But without a stable infrastructure, none of that works, and water is a key building block in that platform. The key is creating a dependable, long-term supply that communities can count on, and you can be part of that.”

If you want to get involved, send your birthday wishes to charity: water, not me.  For anyone that donates $50 or more, I’d be happy to send a free Threadless book when it comes out in October.  Just send me an email (jake@threadless.com) and I’ll hook you up.  And when your birthday rolls around, I encourage you to also consider giving it away!

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Thanks for an incredible decade everyone.  Happy charity day :)

ps… I’m starting this a bit early because charity: water needs what they can get by September 30th for the next round of work they are doing.