Thirst Project

{{Short description|US-based non-profit organization}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Thirst Project

| image = Thirst Project logo.svg

| size = 150px

| abbreviation = Thirst, TP (unofficially)

| formation = 2008

| founding_location = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| type = Non-profit organization

| status = Charity

| headquarters = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| region_served = Kingdom of eSwatini, Uganda, Kenya, El Salvador, India

| leader_title = Founder

| leader_name = Seth Maxwell

| key_people = Seth Maxwell, Devon Jones, Evan Wesley, Luke Romick, Gina Mitzman, Emily Sagardia, Shaelle Etienne, Kristen de Guzman, Damon Brown, Sibusiso Shiba, Vincent Okeng, Luis Menjivar

| website = {{URL|https://thirstproject.org/}}

}}

The Thirst Project is a non-profit organization whose aim is to bring safe drinking water to communities around the world where it is not immediately available. The Thirst Project raises money and builds Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene projects in communities that do not have immediate access to safe, clean drinking water.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirstproject.org/|title=World's Largest Youth Water Organization|website=Thirst Project|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}} Actors Drake Bell, Ansel Elgort, Dylan O'Brien, Jennifer Lawrence and Chyler Leigh are supporters, as were the late Cameron Boyce and Naya Rivera.{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/abc-throws-celebrities-into-deep-end-hoping-for-belly-flops/article_13fbaaa5-f501-5063-808e-cde3b187e256.html|title=ABC throws celebrities into deep end, hoping for belly flops|website=Stl Today|last1=Pennington|first1=Gail|accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpQMi4qdNuk|title=Drake Bell For The Thirst Project|website=YouTube|publisher=Drake Bell|accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4DVzkmaatA|title=CalTV E: The Thirst Project presents Drake Bell|website=YouTube|accessdate=January 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beth-broderick/justin-bieber-fans-twitter_b_2073082.html|title=When Tweets Attack! Justin Bieber Fans Wage an All Out Assault on an Innocent and Unsuspecting Charity|website=Huffington Post|last1=Broderick|first1=Beth|accessdate=May 4, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-bialas/a-house-call-from-chyler-_b_884859.html|title=Playing Doctor: A House Call From Chyler Leigh of Grey's Anatomy|accessdate=3 June 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/news/a29312/ansel-elgort-birthday-the-thirst-project/|title=Ansel Elgort Celebrates His Birthday In The Most Amazing, Ansel-Like Way Possible|first=Noelle|last=Devoe|date=March 16, 2015|website=Seventeen}}{{cite web|title=Ansel Elgort, Catherine Hardwicke Tapped as Thirst Gala Honorees (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ansel-elgort-catherine-hardwicke-tapped-895982|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} Cameron Boyce alone raised over $30,000 for Thirst Project, followed by another $15,000 raised in honor of Boyce in a fundraiser organized by Adam Sandler after Boyce's death by SUDEP.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-15|title=Adam Sandler raises $15k for Thirst Project in honor of Disney star Cameron Boyce|url=https://insidethemagic.net/2019/07/cameron-boyce-thirst-project-ba1/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Inside the Magic|language=en-US}}