Hey readers! Thanks for letting me share here today. My name is Courtney and I blog over at www.storyhope.com. For the month of August I've been participating in a Purpose Project with an amazing organization called The Mocha Club. I set a goal to raise $1000 for clean water in Africa. Check out this video to hear about what I said I'd do if I reached my goal of $1000...

So there you have it. I'm going to run a 1/2 marathon on October 12th in Libertyville, IL if I reach my goal! Although I'm a little scared because I've never run this far before, I'm training hard and ready to do it!

With only six days left until the end of the month, I need to raise $669 to reach $1000 and I could really use your help! You can help in two ways...

1) Go to my blog and give $5 to be entered into a give-away for a REALLY cool t-shirt. Contest ends at midnight on August 31st.

2) Go to my Purpose Project page on the Mocha Club blog to donate ANY amount you'd like! I would be thrilled to reach $1000 and I would be even more thrilled to blow that out of the water! (pun intended).

Thanks for much for taking the time to read this and thank you for your support!