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Penny Harvest Capital Region of NY
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. Judith Shapiro joins Common Cents as Board ChairJanuary 28, 2008Common Cents is pleased to announce that Judith Shapiro, President of Barnard College, has accepted the position of chair of the Board of Trustees of Common Cents, effective immediately. Elementary Kids collect a ton of penniesJanuary 28, 2008Students, staff and families from Veeder and Roessleville Elementary Schools gave their pennies a purpose this year. The children spent the fall collecting their unused coins for the Penny Harvest Program — an initiative sponsored by the National Educational Leadership Institute, The Community Foundation, local businesses and other foundations. Common Cents wins NY1's New Yorker of the Year AwardDecember 31, 2007This year, New York 1 News chose Common Cents as the winner of the New Yorker of the Year award. Common Cents was selected for the honor because of its longstanding commitment to New York City youth, and the work done through the Penny Harvest to teach elementary and middle school students the value of giving back and good citizenship. 06/07 Capital Region Penny Harvest raises over $16,000; All Schools Launch RoundtablesJanuary 24, 2007In its second year of the Penny Harvest the Capital Region of New York showed growth and promise. Eleven Schools from 7 districts across the region raised over $16,000 in pennies to help their communities. It’s a Whole New www.CommonCents.org (or www.PennyHarvest.org)!October 17, 2006Welcome! If you are reading this, you are looking at our brand new website, a work-in-progress due to make its official debut in just a few weeks. Please be patient while we add and update daily. NATIONAL PENNY HARVEST KICK-OFF!October 16, 2006To bring about social change in their communities, more than 500,000 young people in New York City, Seattle and The Capital Region, NY, will buck the old adage ‘Don’t talk to strangers’ and reach-out this month to their neighbors for pennies as Common Cents kicks-off its wildly popular service-learning and child philanthropy program, the 16th annual Penny Harvest. Local organizations join forces to bring the Penny Harvest to the Capital Region!October 16, 2006The Penny Harvest provides opportunities for students to understand (and their parents to see) how they can make a difference in the lives of individuals within their schools and residents of our local communities through their philanthropy and service. South Colonie children collect over a ton of pennies to help their communityAugust 12, 2006Students, staff and families from Veeder and Roessleville Elementary Schools gave their pennies a purpose this year. The children spent the fall collecting their unused coins for the Penny Harvest Program— an initiative sponsored by the National Educational Leadership Institute, The Community Foundation, local businesses and other foundations. |
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