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Penny Harvest

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Penny Harvest, a program of Solid Ground and Common Cents, is a year-round series of service-learning activities that help students apply classroom learning to real-world problems. For over 14 years, Penny Harvest has worked hand-in-hand with schools in Seattle/King County, rallying students to make a difference in their neighborhoods.

The excitement begins in October with a coin drive, where students search their homes and neighborhoods for idle pennies and other coins to donate. It continues in January when each school that meets a “25-Sack Challenge” receives $1,000 to form a Philanthropy Roundtable. Student leaders sit on these roundtables and allocate the money raised to make grants and fund student-led service projects in their communities.  

In 2007/08, more than 17,000 students collected 9 tons of coins, raised $64,333.73, and made 112 grants to community based organizations. Every penny collected by students is allocated by students: kids collect, kids decide.

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Phone:     206.957.4779 ext. 117 
Email:      mikebe@solid-ground.org
FAX:         206.957.2677

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                Seattle, WA 98103-6708

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                Seattle, WA 98122
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