Photograph © Chuck Bowman

Nathan Fillion, O Captain, My Captain, Corporate Tool and owner of the key to the Castle of our hearts wants you to open your heart and wallet to fulfill his birthday wish.

For the third year in a row, Fillion is asking for donations to charity: water, a non-profit that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. So far, fan donations have enabled the building of 22 wells to service 8,000 people. A $10 donation does a good deed and enters you into a contest to win a LUNCH or DINNER DATE WITH NATHAN, (airfare + hotel included). [INSERT HYSTERICAL SCREAMING HERE]. There are also different prizes for different levels of donation including such things as autographs and personalized videos and voicemail messages. The donation window for the contest will close in 4 days so hurry up! Click here to donate to charity: water.

Kids Need To Read, a charity co-founded by Fillion, is also running a birthday fund drive in honor of him. KNTR provides books to underfunded schools, libraries and literacy programs across the USA, especially to those serving disadvantaged children. Click here to donate to KNTR.

“You teach a kid to read, you let him read, you give him the experience, there’s nothing he can’t do.” – Nathan Fillion.