exhausted from sports practice, chugging a glass of cold, clean water is something most people take for granted. But in some places, there is no clean water to drink. Senior Arleigh Banner founded Tap That, a club that works to help communities around the world gain access to clean water.
Tap That works with a non-profit organization called The Water Project, which funds the technical assistance and supplies communities need to build wells, dams and water filters.
“We are helping out a less fortunate country that does not have the same water resources that America has,” club sponsor Justin Ostry said.
Since her sophomore year, Banner has been raising money to help build a water well in Kenya.
“The cost to dig a well, cap it and install a water pump varies dramatically from one site to the other,” Banner said. “They cost about $3,500.”
In efforts to raise money, Tap That held a fundraiser March 9 at Potomac Pizza and earned $150.
According to freshman vice president
Stephanie Michaels, Tap That will be selling water bottles, t-shirts and bracelets at the CHS carnival April 30.