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Ride For Water With Scotty Parker

April 8, 2014

Water Missions International is honored that passionate children who have encouraged friends and family to donate rather than buy traditional birthday presents, but one incredible child is taking it a step further this year. On April 13th, Scotty Parker will celebrate his tenth birthday with a 213 mile bike ride to raise money for Water Missions International. When he learned about the daily water reality for millions of children around the world, Scotty wanted to help. He decided to spend his tenth birthday riding across the state of South Carolina to raise awareness for Water Missions International. Scotty’s goal is to raise $25,000 to fund a community safe water solution. He’ll start his ride Sunday in Greenville, SC, and will end the ride on Thursday, April 17th, at Water Missions International’s Headquarter in North Charleston, SC. You’re invited to be part of the welcome celebration when Scotty arrives at 11:30 next Thursday! You can watch an interview with Scotty about his ride here: http://www.abcnews4.com/story/25193422/fourth-grader-to-bike-200-miles-for-birthday-water-missions-international?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=10030364 “Every 21 seconds a child dies from water-related disease,” Scotty said. “I don’t know about you, but as a kid who has all the water he wants to drink, shower as long as I want and even clean water in the toilet I use, this made me sad and hurt my heart bad.” You can help Scotty hit his fundraising goal and supply a community in need with safe water access! Go to www.scottysride.com to read more about how you can get involved with Scotty’s birthday fundraiser.

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