Happy birthday to Karen Kohlhaas, the theater director, Ateh friend and mentor, and educator and inspirer of hundreds of artists. Karen is requesting money for clean water in Ethiopia in lieu of birthday presents this year through Charity: Water's excellent September Campaign. Karen and her fellow September babies hope to raise $1.5 million to build 333 wells in Ethiopia, providing safe water to 150,000 people. As a former packrat looking to lessen my consumption of everything from electricity to chocolate, I love this idea.
You can send your birthday wishes and donations via Karen's September page.
(Okay, so technically we missed her birthday on the 4th, but the only b-days I celebrate are the belated kind. Except for Josh's birthday, which is today! But his DOB is easy to remember.)
