Free Water? $1 Each Glass to Save Lives

Free water at lunch/dinner? How about $1 per glass for just one week?

Last year, the Tap Project launched with the help of hundreds of restaurants in New York City. By asking a minimum of $1 for the tap water diners normally enjoy for free, NYC restaurants made the project a huge success raising over $100,000. Funds go to UNICEF to provide safe drinking water for children around the world.

This year, we’re inviting restaurants across the country to participate from March 16 — March 22, 2008 (the final day being the United Nations’ World Water Day).

Find your restaurant:
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(Or ask your local restaurants to sign up)


Tap Project Mission Statement

It's our single most bountiful resource. Yet, water is a daily privilege millions take for granted. The little known truth is that lack of clean and accessible drinking water is the second largest worldwide killer of children under five.

To address this situation, a nationwide effort is launching during World Water Week called the Tap Project, a campaign that celebrates the clean and accessible tap water available as an every day privilege to millions, while helping UNICEF provide safe drinking water to children around the world.


The Tap Project

Beginning Sunday, March 16 through Saturday, March 22, restaurants will invite their customers to donate a minimum of $1 for the tap water they would normally get for free. For every dollar raised, a child will have clean drinking water for 40 days.

As the world's leading children's organization, UNICEF understands the critical role water plays in a child's survival.

Currently, UNICEF provides access to safe water and sanitation facilities while promoting safe hygiene practices in more than 90 countries. By 2015, UNICEF's goal is to reduce the number of people without safe water and basic sanitation by 50 percent.

Source: http://www.tapproject.org/

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