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Home > Penny Harvest Students Lobby City Council
May 31, 2007
Forty Penny Harvest students from New York City public schools took to the steps of City Hall to lobby support from city council members for Common Cents’ annual Penny Harvest. The students shared their opinions on the importance of the Penny Harvest with council members and the media. They distributed fliers requesting the Council support the 500,000 NYC school students who participate in the Penny Harvest each year by backing Common Cents’ request for $100,000 in City Council Leadership Funds for the 2008 fiscal year.
 Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera of Bronx’s District 15 was one of the city council members present at the press conference. A strong advocate for the Penny Harvest, Councilman Rivera underscored the program’s long term benefits to children in New York City Public Schools. He stated, "These students are not only giving back to the community, but they are also acquiring important skills that will serve them well throughout their lives."
The students, ranging in age from 6 to 12, spent the day reflecting on their year-long efforts to improve their communities. Students from CS 211 in the Bronx displayed winni
| Above, students from PS 6 speak with Dennis Walcott, Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development, about the Penny Harvest outside of City Hall. |
ng artwork from their 100th day art contest. The theme of this contest, “We Can Make the World Better,” reflects the mission of the Common Cents’ Penny Harvest, and the artwork showcases some of the activities they undertook during the year, such as planting trees and gardens to help the environment.
Students from the following schools also attended the press conference: PS 6 Lillie D. Blake, Manhattan; IS 381, Brooklyn; PS 3 Raul Julia Micro Society, Bronx; and CS 211, Bronx.
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