One of the main objectives of charity:water is to educate others on the world water crisis. To help in achieving this goal, charity:water has created an educational photography exhibition on water in the developing world at Chelsea Market. To launch this initiative, there will be an opening night event on Tuesday, March 10 at 9pm. More than 1,000 people will attend the event, featuring fantastic musical acts including The Kin, Rob Murat and Marques Toliver. Tickets are only a $20 donation in advance or $40 at the door (as with all charity:water events, 100% of ticket price goes directly to building wells in developing nations). I am extremely excited about the event and will be volunteering -- so come out and be sure to say hi if we cross each other's paths. We are optimistic about the amount of money this event will raise; during the last program I told everyone about, Twestival, over $250,000 was raised!

If you do not have an opportunity to come to the opening night event, the exhibit will be up for three months, so go by through May. Foot traffic in Chelsea Market is between 10,000 and 15,000 people per day, so we're excited about reaching more than one million people!

In addition to the photography showcased at the exhibit, charity:water is creating a Wishing Well (a little bit about the well is below):

THE WISHING WELL.
Wood sculptor and artist Thomas Beale will transform the market's fountain into a Wishing Well. Visitors will be encouraged to toss in their loose change from purchases made at the market, and 100% of the money collected will directly fund freshwater projects in developing nations. Sponsors will then match change penny for penny to fund even more wells.

If you do not live in NYC, charity:water be placing the exhibition online for you to see shortly after the opening. Visit charitywater.org/chelseamarket to see it after March 13th.