Melissa O'Dell

Red Oak School

Riverton Middle School

During science, eighth graders spend time learning about water and fresh water sources. When learning about areas around the world without clean water, we voted to begin fundraising in order to support H2O for Life. We not only want to help communities in need, but raise an awareness as well. We feel that often times, we take for granted what many other people in the world do without, and this was one way to have a direct influence in helping others and supporting a great cause!

Sauganash Elementary School

Senn High School

Our Service Club is excited to serve less fortunate people around the globe. Senn High School is committed to being globally aware and doing what we can to make the world a better place.

SMART2bfit & Wheaton Christian Gr...

Wheaton Christian Grammar School is ending the year in service with a SMART Walk 4 Water put on by SMART2bfit. We will have a service learning day that will educate us about Tanzania and global water scarcity while raising funds for borehole wells for the children of Tanzania. This well benefit 418 children who typically have to walk nearly 4 miles every morning before school to fetch water at the Lipuli Secondary School. Our hope is that WCGS will better understand water scarcity throughout the world, have a greater heart for service, and will raise funds for 2 wells in Tanzania.

St. Patrick School

St. Patrick School is a Pre-K-8th Grade Catholic School located in Wadsworth, Illinois. We have been inspired to help the global water crisis after reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. We are a service-oriented school, and are excited to use our resources to help a school in need.

Team Liam & Alex - HealthyH2O4All

We are young & passionate & were moved, almost to tears, after watching a documentary about the plight of school children in a lot of schools in Africa. We want to help them. Most of them do not have, what to us are the basic necessities of life. We had a very hard time coming to grips with the fact that even such a basic thing as clean drinking water was unavailable to the children! Fortunately, we were introduced to H2O for Life through our school. This is a fundraising project done each year at our school to help these children get safe drinking water. We cannot imagine We have chosen this school to support because the children there have to bring water from home. The majority of water collected is not potable & it is collected from runoff from the roads. The children suffer from water borne diseases with consequent dehydration & malnutrition. We can alleviate their suffering by helping raise $6000 to construct a tank that will collect clean drinking water. A 75,000-liter rainwater catchment tank will begin catching rainfall that will be used by the school’s students and staff for drinking, handwashing, cooking, cleaning, and much more. Here in the United States we can walk into any supermarket & have our choice of bottled drinking water. Furthermore, the tap water is safe to drink anywhere in the US. We know we cannot help achieve this level of comfort for these children but we know that together we can at least make a start. We thank H2O for life for giving us an opportunity to help these children & to make a difference in their lives. We are requesting that you join us by donating generously to this worthy cause. Thank you, Liam (11) Alex (7)

The Giolas Foundation

The Giolas Foundation is a Christ Centered charity that is dedicated to helping the less fortunate. We serve with the compassion of Christ, Love, Faith and the Word of the Gospel, acknowledging that each day is a blessing.

The Joseph Sears School Student A...

The Joseph Sears School is a K-8 public school in the Chicago suburbs. This student-led Student Advisory Board chose H20 for Life as their service project. The students feel that the world water shortage is an important problem which demands increased attention and education. The students feel very privileged to have water at their fingertips and hope to raise awareness and funds for this important cause.

The Newcomer Center

The Newcomer Center is a transitional high school program for newly arrived immigrants and refugees in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. We provide support for students that are not only new to the US, but also have pre-beginning/beginning levels of English.

Unity Junior High School

Unity’s mission is to provide an equitable, safe, positive and healthy learning environment to ensure academic growth. Through building solid relationships and celebrating diversity, we will foster a community of life-long learners.