On Saturday Nicholas Kristof pointed me (and anyone reading The New York Times) in the direction of a pretty inspiring story.

Five years ago Scott Harrison was a nightclub promoter, living the high life (literally).  This all ended when he went on a vacation in South America and got to thinking about what type of person he was.  When he returned from his vacay, he got in touch with Mercy Ships, a charity group that agreed to let him be a volunteer photographer as long as they didn’t have to pay for it.

From here Harrison decided he needed to do even more and he made it his mission to start his own organization that would provide clean water to save lives in poor countries.  He didn’t have much but somehow he’s managed to use his nightclub skills to make his group charity: water pretty successful. It’s a pretty incredible story that speaks to the ability we all have to choose to do good with our lives.

Go HERE to read the Kristof piece in full and then be sure to go HERE to learn about the amazing work charity: water is doing.