I am celebrating my 20th year as a Financial Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns. Throughout the past 20 years, I have been extremely passionate about making a difference in my clients' lives.  I have also been passionate and involved in making a difference in my community and around the world.

I am a past Board Member of WaterCan and believe the work they do in Africa is making a real difference in people's lives.  Besides the air we breathe, nothing is more fundamental to our very existence than access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation!

I believe that everyone on earth deserves access to these basic human needs and I invite you to share my passion. Please consider making a donation toward my personal fundraising goal. Every dollar raised will help support WaterCan's clean water and sanitation projects in communities throughout eastern Africa!

Did you know? Worldwide, nearly 1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water and a further 2.6 billion lack access to basic sanitation, like toilets and latrines. Not only does this crisis severely hinder the fight against global poverty, it is also the world?s greatest cause of illness. At any given time, half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by people suffering needlessly from water- and sanitation-related diseases.

But change is possible!

Will you join me in lending a helping hand to bring hope, health and brighter futures to communities in Africa? The need is great, but water is the start?

To find out more about WaterCan's work or to get involved, please visit www.watercan.com. To start your own WaterCan fundraiser visit www.give.watercan.com/fundraise.