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The Penny Harvest kicks off October 27, 2008! Learn more about how to sign up your school here. Find your school's name, and a list of other Penny Harvest in a Box schools, on the Participating Schools page. To involve more schools in your community, download the Penny Harvest School Information Kit to hand out to teachers, parents and school administrators.
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May 12, 2008
Have 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.
January 28, 2008
Common 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.
December 31, 2007
This 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.
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SEPTEMBER
Hundreds of schools enroll in the Penny Harvest, and student leaders start planning to make this year the best yet.
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The most valuable pennies known to exist were minted in 1793, and the only four known to exist today are worth $275,000 each.
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