That’s the amount you helped us raise for charity: water. Those are real dollars meant to help real people lacking clean drinking water. Absolutely amazing.

True, we didn’t reach our goal of $35,000. But you generously contributed a very substantial amount of money nonetheless, and it’s $1,618 more than last year. All who contributed deserve recognition, and they can be found at the bottom of our campaign page.

In particular, we’d like to recognize one donor who gave $4,400, by far the largest amount contributed. StyleHatch, proprietors of unique, premium Tumblr themes, redirected funds they were going to contribute to their own charity: water campaign and put them towards ours. This came as a surprise to us, and we’re both honored and humbled.

Lastly, the winner of the limited edition Colosseo will be announced later this week, signed by Cameron Moll and Scott Harrison. Having worked closely with Scott, we can confidently say charity: water appreciates your efforts immensely.

Cheers, thanks again, and here’s to another successful year of supplying the most basic component of human life: water.

Note: Unexpectedly, our campaign terminated around 6pm Eastern time yesterday. To allow donations to flow in through the end of the night, we were given the option to extend the deadline to December 1. So, if you didn’t have a chance to donate, you can still do so.