Capital Region of NY
Together, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region and Common Cents administer the Penny Harvest in the Capital Region of New York.
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Penny Harvest Capital Region of NY
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Capital Region 08/09 Penny Harvest registration is now open!
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Judith Shapiro joins Common Cents as Board Chair
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.
Elementary Kids collect a ton of pennies
Students, staff and families from Veeder and Roessleville Elementary Schools gave their pennies a purpose this year. The children spent the fall collecting their unused coins for the Penny Harvest Program — an initiative sponsored by the National Educational Leadership Institute, The Community Foundation, local businesses and other foundations.
Common Cents wins NY1's New Yorker of the Year Award
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.
06/07 Capital Region Penny Harvest raises over $16,000; All Schools Launch Roundtables
In its second year of the Penny Harvest the Capital Region of New York showed growth and promise. Eleven Schools from 7 districts across the region raised over $16,000 in pennies to help their communities.
Local organizations join forces to bring the Penny Harvest to the Capital Region!
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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OCTOBER
To kick off the harvest, students “reinvent the wheel” as each school creates a giant ‘Wheel of Caring.’ The wheel represents the issues the students care about and motivates everyone to gather pennies.
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The most valuable pennies known to exist were minted in 1793, and the only four known to exist today are worth $275,000 each.
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Jordan’s face lit up with excitement as the bright red lid came off the plastic container housing the first of many turtles that he and his fellow Philanthropy Roundtable members would be seeing that day. Lorie Cramer, a member of the New York Turtle and Tortoise Society, was sharing some of her rehabilitated turtles in an interactive presentation at The Computer School in Manhattan.