Now Accepting Applications for Next Year!
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Penny Harvest
The Penny Harvest is not a fundraiser, it is a FREE, school-based citizenship
and leadership service-learning program that integrates with the school calendar.
Students harvest “idle pennies” from family and friends, use those funds to make
microgrants to nonprofit organizations, and participate in corresponding service
projects. Unlike other coin harvesting programs, Penny Harvest gives students
total autonomy to decide where the money should go.
Through this character-building experience, students learn the importance of
civic engagement, philanthropy and teamwork and develop a greater
understanding of their classmates, their school and their community, as well
as the needs of others around them.
Currently running in 43 Colorado schools, the program has three main phases:
Harvest Pennies (October – December)
Make Grants (January – April)
Volunteer (April – June)
Benefits include:
- Optional Curriculum geared towards K-8 that meets State Education Standards,
Service Learning and Character Development - Personal Financial Literacy curriculum supplement
- Foundations and Philanthropy curriculum supplement
- Enhanced school community and culture
- Increased parental involvement in the school
- Incredible student outcomes
To Sign up your school, online visit CommonCents.org.
For more information, contact Kelly Hayes at 720-221-9218
or khayes@ypfoundation.org.
The Colorado Penny Harvest is administered by the
Young Philanthropists Foundation in coordination with
Common Cents New York, Inc., creators of the program.
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CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM!