The Thirst Project

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The Thirst Project, My inspiration.
“663 million people on our planet do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.” (thirstproject.org). That is what the Thirst Project was built to change. (I’ve always thought the thirst project was a cool idea) Ever since I heard of this project I’ve wanted to learn more. I was first exposed to it in the summer of 2015 when Show Choir camp came around, and our choreographer Damon Brown told us about this project he’s in and what they do.
The summer before my freshman year I knew I would be doing show choir, and I would go to the summer camp. What I didn’t know was that I would be inspired by our choreographer Damon. He told us that he is part of this organization that has set out to fix the problem of

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