Common Cents Mission: Common Cents, creator of the Penny Harvest, nurtures a new generation of caring and capable young people between the ages of four and 24 by enabling them to strengthen their communities through philanthropy and service-learning.

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What's New at Common Cents and the Penny Harvest
Penny Harvest recognizes 26 New York City  schools as 07/08 Schools of Excellence!

Long Island Penny Harvest School, W.T. Clarke Middle School, is featured on  ABC-7 News "Above and Beyond: Inspiring Students and Teachers," special.

NEW: SCAF produces a new video on the 2008 Global Relief Issue of Climate change.

March 31, 2008: Teddy Gross and Judith Shapiro featured speakers at Columbia University Outreach DaSavey event.

February 25, 2008: Teddy Gross featured on independent non-profit/ philanthropic podcast 501c3cast.

January 9, 2008: Common Cents now has a page on YOUTUBE!

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Commentaries
Penny Harvest Tackles Turtle Needs in Central Park
Jordan’s face lit up with excitement as the bright red lid came off the plastic container housing the first of many turtles that he and his fellow Philanthropy Roundtable members would be seeing that day. Lorie Cramer, a member of the New York Turtle and Tortoise Society, was sharing some of her rehabilitated turtles in an interactive presentation at The Computer School in Manhattan.

Learning about the creatures was nothing new to the middle schoolers...
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News at Common Cents and the Penny Harvest
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05.29.08
Staten Island students unite to celebrate Accomplishments

“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.
05.21.08
Seattle Penny Harvesters make tough decisions

A group of students in Seattle decide how to use their round table grant money.
04.30.08
Going Green with Common Cents

The 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.
04.15.08
What is a Penny Harvest field trip?

One 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.
03.26.08
Brooklyn’s PS 230 visits “Penny Harvest Headquarters”

At 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.
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Instant Poll
To enhance learning about global issues, we select an issue of global concern that becomes the subject of intensive study, philanthropy and action. The 2008 Global Relief Issue is climate change. What do you think is the main cause of climate change?
Human activity
Natural geological forces
Both A and B
None of the above
Did You Know?
The proper term for a once cent coin is "one cent piece," but in common usage this coin is often referred to as a penny or cent. Many times, even the Treasury Department and the United States Mint use the term penny because that is what is normally referred to in general use by the public.
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