http://www.citizeneffect.org/blogs/2/feed en-us http://citizeneffect.org/blog/danajillrobin_devkiwr/citizen-philanthropist-spotlight-liz-commemorates-first-marathon-by-running-for-water <p> <meta charset="utf-8" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/citizeneffect_production/blog_assets/720/CP-Spotlight_Jan-_11_Liz-K.jpg" /></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">Citizen Philanthropists are powerful community-builders. They help their partners across the </span><em><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">world build more self-reliant and sustainable communities. But they also build stronger communities at home by bringing people together for a common cause and promoting civic engagement. Every month, we&rsquo;ll feature one of our Citizen Philanthropists to share their stories and celebrate their impact in the lives of others.</span></em></span><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><br /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; "><a href="http://citizeneffect.org/users/785/show_projects"><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Liz K. is a Citizen Philanthropist in New York, NY</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">. She and her fiancé attended a couple of Citizen Effect fundraisers in 2010 and she was inspired to hear what ordinary people were doing to make a real difference overseas. Liz was signed up to run the 2010 NYC Marathon -- her first-ever! -- and decided to commemorate the event by running to raise funds for her first-ever Citizen Effect project to build </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; "><a href="http://citizeneffect.org/projects/desert-water-tanks-jogad-village-phase-ii"><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">desert water tanks in Johad Village, India</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">. We caught up with Liz for our first-ever Citizen Philanthropist Spotlight.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">First-time stories all around!</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">What inspired you to choose your project?</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">As a runner, I&rsquo;m always thirsty and crave water. When I read about the well project in India, I could only think of how fitting it was that I should help this Village. So I decided to celebrate my first marathon by making sure that families in India had the same access to the clean drinking water as I was going to have once I was done running.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><br type="_moz" /> </span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">Click below to read more</span></span></span></p><a href="http://citizeneffect.org/blog/danajillrobin_devkiwr/citizen-philanthropist-spotlight-liz-commemorates-first-marathon-by-running-for-water">read more</a> | <a href="http://citizeneffect.org/blog/danajillrobin_devkiwr/citizen-philanthropist-spotlight-liz-commemorates-first-marathon-by-running-for-water#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="894">leave a comment</a> Brett W. 894 at http://citizeneffect.org http://citizeneffect.org/blog/danajillrobin_devkiwr/djr <p>It amazed us to learn the great lengths that the women of Devki must go to in order to provide their village with something as basic as water. We were inspired to help and hope that you will join us in the effort to bring Devki families reliable and safe access to clean drinking water. Donations of any size are very welcome. We greatly appreciate your support.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><a href="http://citizeneffect.org/blog/danajillrobin_devkiwr/djr">read more</a> | <a href="http://citizeneffect.org/blog/danajillrobin_devkiwr/djr#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="55">leave a comment</a> Dana, Jill, and Robin 55 at http://citizeneffect.org