Thursday, June 24, 2010

Harvest of pennies yields food for hungry people

Our Graham/South Hill FISH site was delighted to receive a check for $1000 from the students of Spanaway's Cedarcrest Jr. High. The students participated in a national educational program called Penny Harvest. What makes the Penny Harvest unique is that students not only collect pennies to support worthy causes, they also turn those pennies into grants for community organizations.  As part of their learning, the students form Philanthropy Roundtables to study community problems and determine which organizations can best address those problems. The students themselves select these community organizations to receive grant money from their penny drives. The Cedarcrest students' Applied Algebra Philanthropy Roundtable selected FISH Food Banks to receive their grant.  A big thanks to all of the students at Cedarcrest for your generosity -- we are so honored to be chosen for this grant!

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