Wine to Water: A Great Success

On Sunday, May 17, 2009, the BRUTE LABS and Well Done teams, in collaboration with White Crane Winery, hosted an event at Medjool in San Francisco to raise awareness about the global water crisis. The money raised from the event will go directly toward the construction of a clean water well in Kamancheli, a rural village located in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana.

The event was an amazing success! With 152 tickets sold along with funds raised from the Water is Life t-shirt, the BRUTE LABS and Well Done teams exceeded their goal of raising $8,000 to construct a well in Kamancheli. In a single evening, we raised the resources needed to provide a long-term clean water source for an entire village! Funds raised in excess of the $8,000 goal will be used to support the next Well Done project.

Many individuals and organizations came together to make the evening such a special one. The BRUTE LABS team sold advance tickets to the event, tickets at the door, raffle tickets, and Water is Life t-shirts. White Crane Winery generously donated wine for the tastings and also 50% of all proceeds from additional wine sales throughout the evening, while Medjool donated the venue space along with appetizers for the event. We are extremely thankful for Medjool and White Crane Winery--through their generous donations, nearly every dollar of ticket sales will go directly toward providing clean water to the villagers of Kamancheli.

We have a number of specific individuals to thank who helped make the Wine to Water event such a tremendous success:

• Eric Canupp, Gus Murad and everyone at Medjool
• Steve Ziganti and everyone at White Crane Winery
• Pat Cassidy and everyone at Pioneers
  
• Tim Schulz
• Aaron Proctor
• Erik Otto
• Mary Jo Hodgen
• Lee Tang
• Yating Yu

And for all those who enjoyed the venue as much as we did, Medjool is actually in danger of being shut down by the city of San Francisco and they need your help. Please take a moment and help support Medjool by visiting www.savemedjool.com.

The need for clean water in Ghana persists. If you would like to contribute to the Well Done efforts in Africa, you can purchase a Water is Life t-shirt or make a donation directly to Well Done. Thank you again for your ongoing support. We are humbled by such a strong showing at Wine to Water in support of the pressing work to bring clean water to those without access to this critical resource. You are the reason groups like ours can make an impact. Thank you!

World Water Day and Well Done

This Sunday, March 22nd, marks World Water Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness on the lack of access to clean, safe drinking water in many developing regions throughout the world. Across the globe, individuals, organizations, businesses, and city governments will join together in commemorating and supporting the effort to bring clean water to the billion people living throughout the world without access to this critical resource.

Here at BRUTE LABS and Well Done, we too are soberly reminded of the ever-pressing need for clean water throughout the world, yet deeply inspired by the gathering of countless individuals and organizations, all unified towards the same end of tackling this crisis. As a Well Done partner, there are several ways you can also meaningfully and practically take part in World Water Day:

• Take part in a local World Water Day event (visit http://worldwaterday.net to find out more)
• Donate to our ongoing efforts. We are currently raising funds to see through the implementation of five clean water projects throughout rural Ghana and need your help in getting there. We're in the heart of drilling season in Ghana, and we need your support to make these projects a reality within the next couple of months! Visit www.brutelabs.org/welldone to find out more and make a donation.
• Share word of project Well Done and the larger global water crisis with your friends and family. You can simply do this by forwarding this message to your own networks or inviting your friends to our facebook cause.

In whatever shape or form, we hope you join us on this important day as we unite with the global community in drawing attention to the critical lack of safe drinking water worldwide.

Regards,
The Well Done Team