Jars celebrates 1,000th well with star-studded benefit

One thou­sand wells are spring­ing forth fresh clean water in Sub-Saha­ran Africa all because of one band’s mis­sion. Jars of Clay began Blood: Water Mis­sion, a non­prof­it char­i­ty, in order to per­son­al­ize the HIV/AIDS prob­lem in Africa and to bring water to those com­mu­ni­ties. And six years lat­er, the group is com­plet­ing its 1,000th well. Here is a video of the band talk­ing about the accom­plish­ment.

To cel­e­brate the accom­plish­ment and to hon­or its fans, who with just $1 can pro­vide water for one African for a whole year, the band is host­ing a “Well Done Cel­e­bra­tion” at the leg­endary Ryman Audi­to­ri­um on May 10 in Nashville.

The ben­e­fit will also fea­ture “friends” of the band, and with so many Chris­t­ian artists in Nashville it is sure to be a star-stud­ded event. Let’s see Bran­don Heath has giv­en up cof­fee dur­ing Lent and has giv­en the mon­ey he would spend of java to Blood: Water Mis­sion. Hmmm, toby­Mac is a neigh­bor .…

Tick­ets at $50 can be pur­chased through Tick­et­Mas­ter, the Ryman or through Blood:Water Mis­sion.

The char­i­ty part­ners with about 800 com­mu­ni­ties that serves more than 600,000 peo­ple in 11 coun­tries. Along with the wells, four care clin­ics have been estab­lished.