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09.11.08
Who’s missing from Service Nation? A commentary from Teddy Gross, executive director of Common Cents
Tonight ServiceNation (a coalition of 110 organizations that has a collective reach of some 100 million Americans and is dedicated to strengthening our democracy and solving problems through civic engagement and service), kicks off a two day summit on service in New York City. Service-learning leaders from around the country will gather to consider a comprehensive approach to building a service movement. A publication, entitled Service Nation captures the organizers’ agenda and comprehensive approach to building a service movement in this country. As part of the ongoing planning process for this summit, Teddy Gross, executive director of Common Cents, has written a brief comment on one significant omission in the current plans: the service of children.
09.03.08
Volunteers Package Program Materials
Over the weekend of August 22-24, nearly 200 Common Cents volunteers gathered at The School at Columbia to assemble 4,355 boxes of Penny Harvest program materials in preparation for the new school year. The kits included Penny Harvest curriculum, penny bags and the other materials needed by 500,000 students across the country for a successful Penny Harvest year.
08.21.08
Penny Harvest Students “Reach Out” to Save Local Food Pantry
Six months ago, Thomas Neve was faced with a tough decision. Demand for Reaching Out Community Services, the food pantry he runs in Brooklyn, was at an all time high and their current location was getting cramped. He would either have to start turning people away or invest in a larger space. For an organization solely dependent on donations, this wasn’t an easy choice. But turning away clients wasn’t an option, so Thomas moved the Reaching Out facility and hoped for the best. Students from 12 Penny Harvest schools came to the rescue by donating enough money to keep Reaching Out open.
05.29.08
Staten Island students unite to celebrate Accomplishments
“I learned that if you care enough about something, you can make a difference,” explains Justin, a Penny Harvest student leader from PS48 when asked what he learned most from his participation on a Philanthropy Roundtable.
On May 6th, Justin joined 250 of his peers from schools across Staten Island at a borough-wide event celebrating the difference each of them have made in their community this year.
04.30.08
Going Green with Common Cents
The Student Community Action Fund (SCAF) Council is a high school service group run by Common Cents that aims to help the world through youth service and global awareness. Each year the SCAF Council chooses a global issue of focus, and this year they decided to address global warming.
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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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Common Cents won the NY1 New Yorker of the year award for 2007.
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“You can’t not like animals at PS 88,” said the Penny Harvest coach. It’s engrained in the school culture as evidenced by the names and decisions of their two Philanthropy Roundtables: the “Wild Cats” and “Star Boys.” Both gave all of their support this year to an animal shelter in memory of their longtime school secretary...
