 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
 
|
Eagle Ridge Elementary Kick-off AssemblyNovember 17, 2008Eagle Ridge Elementary School students are learning that every little bit counts when it comes to giving back to the community. On Nov. 11, the school held a kickoff assembly for the Penny Harvest program, encouraging students to collect pennies to contribute to the school's philanthropic fund. Penny Harvesters Rock the Vote on Election DayNovember 7, 2008Election Day this year proved the perfect opportunity for many Penny Harvesters to engage their community members in donating their pennies in support of youth grant making and service. As voters showed up in record numbers to cast their ballots, Penny Harvesters joined them there to encourage voters to donate pennies for student directed charity. Students scrounge for idle penniesNovember 4, 2008Last week 58 schools in the area joined over 1,000 schools nationwide - and nearly 500,000 students - as they began scouring their homes and neighborhoods for idle pennies. 18th Annual Penny Harvest Kicks-off!October 27, 2008October 27, 2008 - Starting today, over 1,000 schools nationwide - and nearly 500,000 students - will be scouring their homes and neighborhoods for idle pennies. From now until Thanksgiving, students will go door-to-door with their parents asking neighbors to help them better their communities by donating spare change. During the next four weeks, millions of pennies will be collected by Penny Harvesters, and thousands of Penny Harvesters will connect with their communities. Common Cents Prepares Teachers for the Penny HarvestOctober 24, 2008In October, new and veteran Penny Harvest Coaches gathered for several Professional Development Training Sessions. Common Cents runs these sessions to train and prepare nearly 1,000 Coaches for the year ahead, and also to get valuable feedback and fresh opinions from the Coaches themselves. Common Cents and Cole Haan Celebrate the heroes behind the Penny HarvestOctober 23, 2008You always hear us talk about the 500,000 students who participate in the Penny Harvest, but the unsung heroes of the program are the nearly 2,000 teachers and principals who bring the program to life in schools for these young children. On October 16th, Common Cents paid tribute to our Penny Harvest Coaches with a kick-off party. The party also served as a chance to celebrate the partnership between Common Cents and Cole Haan, our new corporate sponsor, and to honor members of the “decade club,” View from the helmSeptember 11, 2008Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Director Sue Joerger reflects on accepting a Penny Harvest Grant from Adams Elementary School. Students at Brighton Elementary help animals in needSeptember 11, 2008Proving their compassion for animals, this was the second year in a row that PAWS received a grant from Brighton. Who’s missing from Service Nation? A commentary from Teddy Gross, executive director of Common CentsSeptember 11, 2008Tonight ServiceNation (a coalition of 110 organizations that has a collective reach of some 100 million Americans and is dedicated to strengthening our democracy and solving problems through civic engagement and service), kicks off a two day summit on service in New York City. Service-learning leaders from around the country will gather to consider a comprehensive approach to building a service movement. A publication, entitled Service Nation captures the organizers’ agenda and comprehensive approach to building a service movement in this country. As part of the ongoing planning process for this summit, Teddy Gross, executive director of Common Cents, has written a brief comment on one significant omission in the current plans: the service of children. Volunteers Package Program MaterialsSeptember 3, 2008Over the weekend of August 22-24, nearly 200 Common Cents volunteers gathered at The School at Columbia to assemble 4,355 boxes of Penny Harvest program materials in preparation for the new school year. The kits included Penny Harvest curriculum, penny bags and the other materials needed by 500,000 students across the country for a successful Penny Harvest year. Canyon Creek students help military families to 'Be Brave'September 2, 2008Four-year-old Declan Inderbitzen's daddy won't be back from Iraq until next April, but thanks to some students from Canyon Creek Elementary School in the Cherry Creek School District, he has a reminder of his dad that he can hug, squeeze and take to bed. Through the Penny Harvest project, Canyon Creek students collected $1,250 worth of pennies, said Emily Gay, a Canyon Creek teacher who helped organize the project. "Penny Harvest shows students they have the ability to make the world a better place by introducing them to the power of philanthropy and service." Penny Harvest Students “Reach Out” to Save Local Food PantryAugust 21, 2008Six months ago, Thomas Neve was faced with a tough decision. Demand for Reaching Out Community Services, the food pantry he runs in Brooklyn, was at an all time high and their current location was getting cramped. He would either have to start turning people away or invest in a larger space. For an organization solely dependent on donations, this wasn’t an easy choice. But turning away clients wasn’t an option, so Thomas moved the Reaching Out facility and hoped for the best. Students from 12 Penny Harvest schools came to the rescue by donating enough money to keep Reaching Out open. Press Clippings from SeattleAugust 17, 2008View Press Clippings of the Penny Harvest Program in Seattle! Staten Island students unite to celebrate AccomplishmentsMay 29, 2008“I learned that if you care enough about something, you can make a difference,” explains Justin, a Penny Harvest student leader from PS48 when asked what he learned most from his participation on a Philanthropy Roundtable. On May 6th, Justin joined 250 of his peers from schools across Staten Island at a borough-wide event celebrating the difference each of them have made in their community this year. Seattle Penny Harvesters make tough decisionsMay 21, 2008A group of students in Seattle decide how to use their round table grant money. Penny Round Up!May 12, 2008Have you ever had to spend two hours looking for pennies? Well, I have, and let me tell you, it was worth it. It was for an event at my school called the Penny Harvest. No, it’s not putting pennies in the ground and digging them up in the fall. It’s collecting pennies to donate to services and organizations such as the Red Cross. Believe it or not, our school, Mary Lin Elementary, was the first school in Georgia to collect pennies for the Penny Harvest. Going Green with Common CentsApril 30, 2008The Student Community Action Fund (SCAF) Council is a high school service group run by Common Cents that aims to help the world through youth service and global awareness. Each year the SCAF Council chooses a global issue of focus, and this year they decided to address global warming. What is a Penny Harvest field trip?April 15, 2008One Friday morning in early April, twelve fourth and fifth graders left their building to go on a “field trip”. They didn’t visit a museum, see the animals in a zoo, nor learn about the fish in an aquarium; instead they went to visit a day care center around the corner from their school. These students were representatives from the “Donation Foundation”, the Philanthropy Roundtable at PS 398 in Brooklyn. Brooklyn’s PS 230 visits “Penny Harvest Headquarters”March 26, 2008At Common Cents, we are versed in talking with students about how they can positively impact their community. We also know how to advise adults on how they can talk to children about issues that matter to them. So, when seven young philanthropists visited our office on Friday, March 9th we not only had a great time, but experienced first hand how intricate this experience can be. Volunteers help make leader pins for Penny HarvestersMarch 17, 2008On Sunday March 9th, about 200 hundred volunteers gathered at The School at Columbia University to participate in the second annual Leader Pin Event. The goal to make 30,000 leader pins was not only accomplished but surpassed with volunteers making 31,140 pins in less than 4 hours! Penny Pin E-Vite - February 11, 2008March 13, 2008Penny Pin Volunteer Thank YouMarch 12, 2008Penny Harvest Press Clippings from ColoradoMarch 3, 2008View Press Clippings of the Penny Harvest Program from Colorado! Penny Harvest Coach Writes about Community Service for “Manner of the Month” WebsiteFebruary 27, 2008Deanna Chappell Belcher, Service Learning Coordinator and Penny Harvest Coach at The School at Columbia University, recently wrote an article on how families can support their children getting involved in community service. NYC firefighters thank Penny Harvest students from PS27 in BrooklynFebruary 15, 2008Last year, students from PS 27 in Brooklyn chose the New York Says Thank You Foundation as one of their grantees. Recently, the foundation’s founder and executive director Jeff Parness reported back to the students that their gift helped rebuild the home of a family from Groesback, TX after it was destroyed by a 2006 F3 tornado. |
||||||||
 |
|||||||||
|
Home | Contact Us | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Web Credits |
|
About Us
