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Penny Harvest seeks volunteers to assist with December Penny Pick-Up at local schools. Click here for a volunteer sign-up sheet. Please fax completed forms to Maryellen Ferro at 206.957.2677.

The West Seattle Herald proclaims, "Students scrounge for idle pennies."

Camas Prairie Penny Harvest yields $2,400 for local charities. See photos from Camas Prairie Elementary School's 07/08 Penny Harvest.

Penny Harvest Youth Board is accepting applications. Join young people who desire to make change in their communities.


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Students scrounge for idle pennies

November 4, 2008
Last 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, 2008
October 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.

View from the helm

September 11, 2008
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Director Sue Joerger reflects on accepting a Penny Harvest Grant from Adams Elementary School.

Students at Brighton Elementary help animals in need

September 11, 2008
Proving their compassion for animals, this was the second year in a row that PAWS received a grant from Brighton.

Press Clippings from Seattle

August 17, 2008
View Press Clippings of the Penny Harvest Program in Seattle!

Seattle Penny Harvesters make tough decisions

May 21, 2008
A group of students in Seattle decide how to use their round table grant money.

Judith Shapiro joins Common Cents as Board Chair

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.

Common Cents wins NY1's New Yorker of the Year Award

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.

Penny Harvest invites local schools to engage youth in philanthropy and leadership

October 4, 2007
Area schools have until October 15th to register for Penny Harvest, a youth philanthropy and service learning program specifically designed to engage students with their community, according to Program Director Mike Beebe. Beginning on October 22nd, students will be collecting pennies, pooling them in schools, turning the coins into dollars and allocating those dollars into grants to community groups that they have selected.

It’s a Whole New www.CommonCents.org (or www.PennyHarvest.org)!

October 17, 2006
Welcome! 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, 2006
To 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.

Welcome to Penny Harvest Seattle/King County

October 16, 2006
For the first time ever, Seattle students will be a part of a national Penny Harvest.

 
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