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Colorado Penny Harvest Students have collected $56,342.81 SO FAR!


38 of our Colorado sites have collected $56,342.81 so far and we're still going! This year, 5 schools are participating in a Penny Harvest pilot program, beginning their harvest in January, and depositing in February. The next steps are to identifying issues that their communities care about and interviewing potential organizations that the kids will ultimately deem worthy of their hard-earned money. 
Congratulations to all of the students, teachers, and parents who spent months collecting almost 17 tons of pennies!
Are you an organization wishing to get involved with Penny Harvest? Click on the Organization Tab, then "Organization Profiles" for information on how to fill out an Organization Profile and be featured on our website.

Join the Penny Harvest!

The Penny Harvest is a free, school-based citizenship and leadership service-learning program that integrates with the school calendar.  Students harvest “idle pennies”, use those funds to make micro-grants to nonprofit organizations, and engage in corresponding service projects. Unlike other coin harvesting programs, Penny Harvest gives students total autonomy to decide where the money should go.Currently running in 43 Colorado schools, the program has 3 main phases:

Harvest Pennies (October – December)

Make Grants (January – April)

Volunteer (April – June)

 

To Sign up your school online visit www.pennyharvest.org/signupcolorado

For more information, contact Kelly Hayes at 720-221-9218 or khayes@ypfoundation.org.

Colorado Penny Harvesters have granted more than $100,000 over the past 3 years to nonprofits, schools, and individuals in need!

Between 2007 and 2010, students from across the state gathered $114,675.29 in pennies and made 243 community grants, in addition to completing 39 neighborhood service projects. Find out where they have granted the money under the "Organization" Tab.

 

Penny Harvest Students Grant $52,159.00 to 105 different organizations in 2009/2010!

Roundtable Leaders from 43 Colorado schools spent several months researching community needs, interviewing nonprofit professionals, and making funding decisions on behalf of their entire school. In addition to the 105 organizations funded, several Colorado schools participated in the first-ever National Penny Harvest Disaster Relief Fund to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Click here for more info: www.PennyHarvest.org/HelpingHaiti

Colorado Schools Harvest $53,178.33 during the 2009/10 Penny Harvest!

43 schools collectively harvested coins for more than 2 months for this year's Penny Harvest. Each school will continue into the Roundtable phase with at least $1,000 for their grant-making budget. Stay tuned to see where the students decide to grant all of that money!

Roxborough Intermediate on TV!

Check out some of the Roxborough Intermediate students and the YPF staff on TV HERE!

 




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Graland Country Day School Penny Harvest Students Make an unforgettable Grant!

Please read the awesome blog posted by the Denver-based humanitarian organization, The 1010 Project regarding the grant they received from Penny Harvest students at Graland: "On July 22, 2009 we received a grant we will never forget. Through the “Penny Harvest” program, 4th graders at Graland Country Day School gave us a $165 grant. The purpose: one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse to help bridge the digital divide for students at Cadlelight School (in Nairobi)." Continued at http://www.the1010project.org/2009/08/165-well-never-forget-denver-4th-graders-bridge-divide/

19th Annual Penny Harvest Kicks-off

October 25, 2010
Starting this week, students at a thousand schools nationwide - nearly 500,000 students total - began scouring their homes and neighborhoods for idle pennies as part of the 19th Annual Penny Harvest. From now until Thanksgiving, Penny Harvesters will go door-to-door with their families asking neighbors to help them better their communities by donating spare change.
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New Supplemental Materials for Penny Harvest!

September 29, 2010
NEW THIS YEAR: Personal Financial Literacy Supplement (mapped to state standards!) and Philanthropy & Foundations Supplement.
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Learn More About Penny Harvest!

August 20, 2010
Intersted in Penny Harvest, but wanna learn a little more? Check out our videos, slide shows and blog!
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Now Enrolling Schools for the 2010-11 Penny Harvest!

May 28, 2010
We only have 25 spots remaining for the 2010-11 School Year. Click here to learn more...
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Penny Harvesters are already responding to the crisis in Haiti

January 29, 2010
Since the earthquake in Haiti two weeks ago, Common Cents has been flooded with phone calls and e-mails from concerned Penny Harvest coaches wondering how their schools can help the recovery efforts in Haiti. As Penny Harvest schools enter the second phase of the program, students have begun forming Philanthropy Roundtables at their schools. The Roundtables are a distinctive feature of the Penny Harvest which give children the power and the freedom to decide how to spend their harvest funds. A key issue for our students in the coming weeks will be exploring different ways to take action and help the people in Haiti.
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New Training Materials Posted

January 20, 2010
All materials from the Spring 2009/10 Professional Development Trainings have been posted under the Coaches Tab.
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Spanish Materials Now Available

October 14, 2009
Thanks to a group of fabulous and dedicated volunteers, we are proud to offer additional resources and materials in Spanish. Please check the "Tools" Page under the Coaches Tab for a list of downloadable files.
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Graland Students Featured in a local Nonprofit Blog!

October 8, 2009
The 1010 Project, a local nonprofit, recently received a powerful grant from Graland Penny Harvest students.
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One Cent Goes the Distance

June 21, 2009
In this economy, you might be surprised that people have a couple extra cents to spare for a great cause like the Penny Harvest. In 1991, the Penny Harvest was born in New York City. It had a simple message: Students collect pennies, then donate them to a selected charity.
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Area students collect 3.7 million pennies for local organizations

June 20, 2009
Denver, CO - Students from 31 Colorado elementary, middle and high schools have officially harvested 3.7 million pennies, or $37,826.02, for local charities through the Young Philanthropists Foundation's 2008-2009 Penny Harvest.
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Pennies for nonprofits

May 4, 2009
The students at Roxborough Intermediate have taken the saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned" to new heights. The Penny Harvest, a student-participation, service-learning program throughout the school year, raised $2,000 from collecting pennies, to donate to nonprofit organizations of their choice.
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Common Cents One of five non-profits to align with NYC schools to teach civic engagement

April 20, 2009
Common Cents was named as one of the five educational partners of NYC Service, an initiative announced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to further his pledge that New York City would lead the way in answering President Obama’s call for the nation to embrace a new era of service.
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Conor's Fundraising Blog

January 22, 2009
I have seen how much money can be made by collecting coins, people put loose change into tins in shops, they may only put in a penny or two, but it all adds up. Even now when people will probably be more careful the loose change that they get at the till will be handed over.
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Nearly 3.8 Million Pennies Collected

January 2, 2009
Colorado students in 31 elementary, middle and high schools collected nearly 3.8 million in pennies, or $37,826.02, for local charities during the 18th annual Penny Harvest.
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KIDS COLLECT MORE THAN 3.7 MILLION PENNIES!

December 30, 2008
Denver, CO – Students from 31 Colorado elementary, middle and high schools have officially harvested 3.7 million pennies, or $37,826.02, for local charities through the Young Philanthropists Foundation’s 2008-2009 Penny Harvest.
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Local students making pennies count

December 14, 2008
DENVER - Students from 31 schools around Colorado are hoping to collect more than 2 million pennies for charity.
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Eagle Ridge Elementary Kick-off Assembly

November 17, 2008
Eagle Ridge Elementary School students are learning that every little bit counts when it comes to giving back to the community. On Nov. 11, the school held a kickoff assembly for the Penny Harvest program, encouraging students to collect pennies to contribute to the school's philanthropic fund.
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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.
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Canyon Creek students help military families to 'Be Brave'

September 2, 2008
Four-year-old Declan Inderbitzen's daddy won't be back from Iraq until next April, but thanks to some students from Canyon Creek Elementary School in the Cherry Creek School District, he has a reminder of his dad that he can hug, squeeze and take to bed. Through the Penny Harvest project, Canyon Creek students collected $1,250 worth of pennies, said Emily Gay, a Canyon Creek teacher who helped organize the project. "Penny Harvest shows students they have the ability to make the world a better place by introducing them to the power of philanthropy and service."
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Penny Harvest Press Clippings from Colorado

March 3, 2008
View Press Clippings of the Penny Harvest Program from Colorado!
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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.
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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.
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1st Annual Penny Harvest Count-a-Thon was a success!

December 24, 2007
The First Annual Penny Harvest Count-a-Thon was a success with over 2 million pennies collected by Colorado school children!
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Local organizations join forces to bring the Penny Harvest to the Capital Region!

October 16, 2006
The 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.
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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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