UNICEF Announces 2011 Tap Water Project

Mark your calendar! Now in its fifth year, theUNICEF Tap Project is set to return during World Water Week, March 20-26, 2011.

The award-winning program that started in 300 New York restaurants, has since expanded to become a nationwide movement. Through numerous fundraising and volunteer work, the UNICEF Tap Project celebrates the clean water we enjoy on a daily basis by giving many an opportunity to give water back to the children around the world that need it most. Based on the concept: “When You Take Water Give The award-winning UNICEF Tap Project, based on a simple concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate $1 for the tap water they usually enjoy for free in support of bringing clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.”

During World Water Week, restaurants across the US will encourage their patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free. In 2010 alone, nearly 1,000 restaurants participated in the national campaign, making it the largest volunteer mobilization effort for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

To find more information about this year’s UNICEF Tap Water Project, visit tapproject.org.