Attend An Event
Check the events calendar and visit for one of several events.
Interactive Activities
Art Gallery Tour
How do people live in Uganda? What does their drinking water look like? Visit the Art Gallery to find out and learn more.
Stop by and pick up, or contact us and we will mail you a blue wristband. Wear it and be reminded about being intentional to live simply, give generously.
Greenlake Walk
If you live in Seattle stop by and grab a self-guided tour map and a jerry-can. Check-in sheets for the cans are available in the office. You will walk to the lake and fill-up with water, then walk a short distance. This simulates the trip to collect water that is taken twice daily by rural Ugandans. This is a great activity to do with friends and family.
Gallon Challenge
Did you know the average household in America uses almost 70 gallons of water per person? Can you survive on one gallon of water for one day? Try it!
Hygiene Checklist
Download or pick-up a hygiene checklist to compare what you use daily to what someone in Uganda uses daily.
Simplify Life
Challenge: Live Simply for 5o Days. Commit to living simply and giving generously to provide clean drinking water for villages in Uganda. What can you change in your life that will empower you to change the life of another?
How about giving up two lattes a week for a savings of $24 per month?
Consider canceling cable TV for two months.
Reduce the amount of stuff you have by examining each item you own and asking yourself if you really need it. Donate unnecessary items.
Send your name and address to a mail preference service to get off of postal mailing lists (see end of article). Sign up with “Do Not Call” registries to be removed from telemarketers’ databases.
At $6.00 each work day, you are spending $210 for lunch over 50 days.
Spend at least one hour each week in a natural setting.
Commit to working no more than 40 hours a week and spend the extra time with your family and friends.
Avoid the Mall for two months
Commit to only purchasing the basics.
Cut back on one extracurricular activity per person in your family.
Don’t rent movies or purchase books. Use the library instead.
Take the Bus/Carpool/Bike once a week.
Giving up two pizza deliveries a month equals a savings of $40 or more!
Limit access to email and the Internet to 20 minutes per day (outside of work). Spend the extra time with family and friends.
Shop the outer aisles. Produce, dairy, meats tend to be placed on the outer aisles with all the junk food and processed products in the center aisles. Avoid as many of those inner aisles as possible and you’ll see both your waistline and expenditures drop.
Buy in Bulk. Single packs often cost nearly as much as multi or family packs.
Recreation instead of entertainment. Movies, shows, concerts and theme parks are expensive and only last a few hours or one day. Hiking, camping, skiing, beachcombing or low cost hobbies offer a no cost or low alternative to high cost entertainment.
Consider a cosmetology school for haircuts and coloring. Services are provided by students nearing the end of their training and are often 50-75% less than those provided by salons.
Disconnect your land line if everyone in your family has a cell phone.
Wear your clothes one more time before washing to cut down on laundry.
Limit access to video games, email, and Internet to 20 minutes per day (outside of work). Spend extra time with family, friends, or volunteering.
Shut off water while washing your hair or washing the dishes.
Eliminate bottled water; reuse cups and containers.
Take The $1 A Day Challenge
What is a dollar worth to you? What if you gave up $1 a day for 50 days? Doable? Some can give $2 or more per day, others less. Though we may give different gifts, we share the same call to sacrifice. Consider, pray, and listen. What can you give up?
Drip coffee
Bottled water
Cup of tea
Double cheeseburger
Doughnut
2 tacos
Lottery ticket
4 packages Ramen Noodles
Bagel
Churro at Costco
1/2 gallon of gas
KitKat bar
DVD rental at a RedBox
1/2hr parking
Balloon
Lighted musical card
Fountain soda
2 pears
Newspaper
Frozen Tostino’s personal pizza
Wrapping paper
Toothbrush
Pencils
Dog biscuits
Mac & Cheese
Microwave popcorn
Anything at the dollar store
Gumballs
Cookie
iTunes download
Medium fry
Pint of fried rice
Prayer Wall
Prayer is central to our efforts to spill hope. As you read and reflect on the need for clean and abundant water around the world, you may feel moved to pray. All involved in this project need prayer: those who are thirsting for clean water, those who meet this need on the ground, and those of us who seek to bless and be blessed by our Ugandan brothers and sisters by living simply and giving generously.
Email a prayer or stop by prayer wall in the Art Gallery.
