A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned With a Common Cents Internship
How worthless is a penny? The only reason people pick them up off the ground is for good luck. Stores have dishes in which they give pennies away. And there's a group of people who fervently advocate retiring the penny. In fact, the value of the metal in pennies produced prior to 1982 (that's the year they switched from copper to zinc) is higher than the currency value of the pennies themselves. We've pretty much established that pennies are worthless; however, there's a New York City based service learning non-profit that has a very different take on the penny. They're called Common Cents, and they are the creators of The Penny Harvest. Since 1991 they've worked with children aged 4-14 to make $6.8 million in grants to community organizations. How have they mobilized kids to do this? By collecting pennies! That's right. They've collected $6.8 million in pennies. Continue reading about Common Cents...
Article by Willy Franzen of One Day, One Internship and One Day, One Job
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