Casady4H2OPE Launch Video

Casady4H2OPE raised over $2,000 in one night! Thank you so much for your support. We're getting closer to our goal each day!

Photos from Casady v Heritage Launch Event

H2OPE Team members helping set up the table in the gym.



H2OPE Team lining the sideline as Caitlin Britt shares the School for Water mission before the start of the boys game.


Senior, Rosie Atkinson, educates people on the water crisis students in Africa face, as well as about our partner, charity:water. Rosie has already helped raise over $1000 for the campaign. Her passion (almost obsession) for charity:water is quickly infecting her classmates and the whole Casady community.

A Big Night

It started with the pep rally before the Casady vs Heritage Hall game.

Coach Bottomly spoke on the significance of the "School for Water" launch.

In Bottomly's words, "Tonight we have the opportunity to embark on a 90 day mission to provide real hope for an Ethiopian school of 1,000 students. Safe, clean drinking water holds the key for these kid's futures. This mission is sure not only to change the lives of these African children, but in the process, will certainly change and transform us."




At the game, Caitlin Britt, H2OPE Team Captain, spoke passionately before a packed house about the School for Water Mission.


Throughout the game, people had the opportunity to buy Team H2OPE t-shirts, wrist bands, and car decal stickers.



They also had the opportunity to text "Well" to 85944 to donate $5.

At halftime, H2OPE Team members passed around yellow jerry cans to collect cash donations.

The game itself was a hardly fought battle between two great rivals.



And although Casady was unable to "complete the sweep" (2-1 in football and basketball isn't bad!!!), Caitlin Britt quickly helped remove the bitter after taste of defeat when she sent out a jubilant Twitter directed at Scott Harrison (founder of Charity Water) and Lane Wood (Director of Schools for Water).

Caitlin's Twitter exclaimed,"We raised $1300.71 in ONE NIGHT!!!!!! That's not even counting the text money!!!:):)"

After a first day of donations over $1000, and the money raised at the Casady vs Heritage Hall game, we believe, as the H2OPE Team, that our goal of raising $20K is attainable.

We've just begun.

There's still 87 days to go.

So let's keep spreading the word. And enlisting the help of others.

1,000 TEXTS FOR 1,000 STUDENTS

Charity:water has provided us an extraordinary window to launch our Schools for Water campaign.

Over the next 24 hours, we have the opportunity to raise money through our phones.

Here's our goal:

1,000 TEXTS FOR 1,000 STUDENTS.

Simply text "Well" to 85944 and donate $5 to our School for Water campaign.

Tell your friends and family (via facebook, myspace, blogs, text messages) that a

$5 donation will provide clean water for 1 African student for 5 years.

Believe it or not: our small contribution can help provide big changes for these students.



Specifically, our simple donation will provide girls age 12 & older the opportunity

to stay in school from the 8th grade to graduation.

No longer will these girls have to leave the classroom to walk 3 hours to carry

50 pound Jerry cans of clean water back to their family.

Instead these girls will get to write, calculate, create, observe, formulate, and absorb new knowledge that will equip and empower them to become self-sufficient citizens, capable of economic flourishing.

So text and donate!

Then text others and tell them to text and donate and text others to donate.

1,000 TEXTS FOR 1,000 STUDENTS!

We can do it.

Get Ready Cyclones!

January 26Th is the official kick off of the Casady4H2ope Project! Don't forget to bring some money if you wish to purchase t-shirts, car stickers, and wristbands on Tuesday. Tomorrow you can text "Well" to 85944 to donate five dollars to the Schools For Water campaign. This will be a one day mission and our goal is to get 1000 texts. There will also be a special presentation at the start of the Varsity Boys Basketball vs. Heritage Hall game. Please, come out and show your support for not only the basketball team but also the Casady4H2ope Project. Let's go out there and make a win for water.

Starting Off the New Year with a Splash

After chatting with Caitlin Britt about the CASADY4H2OPE project, senior Rosie Atkinson stepped up to the plate and deciced to host an event that would help meet our goal of 20000 dollars. Rosie said that the idea was pretty simple. Why not have her dad's New Year's Party be something more than just a celebration of the New Year? Mr. Atkinson agreed with the idea and they both decided that the party should have a charity:water theme. By showing both the September Birthday video and our video, the Atkinsons managed to raise a total of 900 dollars! She said," the CASADY4H2OPE project is really exciting becasue it's easy to get involved". Rosie also noted that they keep getting more donations even after the party because the word spread fast. The H2OPE team would like to thank Rosie for hosting this supportive event and encourages anyone else to talk with any memeber of the H2OPE Team about how they can help too.