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	Run for Change!
	Penny Harvest Field

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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Young Philanthropists Foundation Young Philanthropists Foundation administers the Penny Harvest in Colorado in coordination with Common Cents

• Write a letter to your co-workers to inform them about the Penny Harvest and how it benefits children like yours.
• Find and decorate penny holders. We recommend that you find and decorate at least two containers: one to place at your desk or workstation and one to place at the front door, reception area.

• Check with your boss or the office manager to make sure it is okay with them to run the Penny Harvest.
• Distribute hard copies or email the letters you wrote with your child to your coworkers.
• Place your penny collection containers in “high-traffic” areas of your place of work.
• Make your own Penny Harvest poster and put it up near at least one of the penny collection containers. Also, post the letter that you wrote with your child near the penny collection containers so your co-workers can learn more about the Penny Harvest.

• Send reminders to your coworkers throughout the Harvest.
• Half-way through the harvest, announce how many containers your workplace has filled and set a goal for the remainder of the harvest.
• Designate one day as “Take Your Pennies To Work Day.” Rally the whole office around bringing in pennies on that day.

• Now that you have finished the Harvest: decide how you will get your pennies to the school. You can either send them with your child in a few trips (if they are not too heavy) or contact the teacher to arrange a time to drop them off. Check with your workplace, they may be willing to reimburse you for a car service!
• If you bring the harvest home, you and your child can play some fun (and educational) penny games.
• Ask the Penny Harvest Coach at your child’s school what day they plan to have an “Honor Rally” or other assembly for the Penny Harvest. See if you can attend and present your pennies to the school on behalf of your company or organization.

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