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Penny Harvest Seattle
Seattle Penny Harvesters lead by example!June 30, 2009Although most of Penny Harvest schools in Seattle donated their funds to local non-profit organizations, the students at Hawthorne Elementary chose a different course of action: helping a homeless man, DeBraer Brae get housing. Brae now has a wheelchair and temporary housing thanks to donations of spare change from students at Seattle's Hawthorne Elementary. Students scrounge for idle penniesNovember 4, 2008Last 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, 2008October 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 helmSeptember 11, 2008Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Director Sue Joerger reflects on accepting a Penny Harvest Grant from Adams Elementary School. Students at Brighton Elementary help animals in needSeptember 11, 2008Proving their compassion for animals, this was the second year in a row that PAWS received a grant from Brighton. Press Clippings from SeattleAugust 17, 2008View Press Clippings of the Penny Harvest Program in Seattle! Seattle Penny Harvesters make tough decisionsMay 21, 2008A group of students in Seattle decide how to use their round table grant money. Judith Shapiro joins Common Cents as Board ChairJanuary 28, 2008Common 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 AwardDecember 31, 2007This 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 leadershipOctober 4, 2007Area 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, 2006Welcome! 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, 2006To 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 CountyOctober 16, 2006For the first time ever, Seattle students will be a part of a national Penny Harvest. |
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