|
Group/Organization
and Contact
|
Amount
Raised
|
Recipient of Donations
|
Source
|
| "Pennies for Lincoln"/Lincoln Arts Council
(Lincoln, Nebraska); Margaret Berry |
Approx. $9,000 (goal of $17, 500);
project to be unveiled May 5th |
36 elementary schools are donating
between $100 - $1,000 in pennies for Abe Lincoln statue to be placed in
front of the City-County Government Center |
www.artscene.org/pennies
|
| Whitney's Foundation (Omaha, Nebraska); Whitney Taxman, 402/397-5816 |
Halfway towards goal of 1.5 million pennies, or $15,000 |
Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric
AIDS Foundation; Aidan O'Neil Foundation; Weizmann Institute of
Science; Cody Gifford House & Cassidy Place; and Campaign Rainbow |
Omaha World-Herald, :January 13, 2000; |
| Lakes Middle School; Dave Eubanks |
250,000 pennies (goal of $1 million by June 2000) |
American Cancer Society's Relay for Life |
Spokane Spokesman-Review,: December 8, 1999 |
| Duerrwaechter Memorial Library (Germantown, WI); Roberta Olson |
$1,200 (goal of $3 million) |
Duerrwaechter Memorial Library (expansion project) |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Monday, November 15, 1999 |
| Weston Friends Club; Ila Richter |
$3,000 |
Kids in Distress |
The Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Sunday, July 25, 1999 |
| Lehigh Valley Mall Walkers Group (White Hall, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with Ritter School (Allentown, PA); Paul Coachys |
Goal of $5 million |
Penny Power Fund for Korea/Vietnam Memorial National Education Center |
Allentown Morning Call: Thursday, June 24, 1999 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities' "Penny-a-Pound" Program in Colonie, New York |
$80,000 |
Ronald McDonald House |
Times Union :
Saturday, June 19, 1999 |
| Merriam Avenue Elementary School in Newton, New Jersey; Eileen Fritzky |
$12,550 (approx. 4 years) |
The Ginnie's House Children's Advocacy Center and the Parent/Child Early Intervention Program |
The Star-Ledger: :
Friday, May 28, 1999 |
| Brown Elementary School, Byron Center Public Schools (Byron Center, MI);
Joy Antvclink (West Palm Beach, FL) |
$1,114.87 |
Byron Community Ministries |
The Grand Rapids Press:
Thursday, May 20, 1999 |
| Columbia Hospital's Doctor's Day (West Palm Beach, FL) |
$500 |
Physicians Without Borders and Connor's Nursery |
Sun-Sentinel:
Sunday, May 16, 1999 |
| Robert M. Finley Middle School in Glen cove, New York |
$4,000 (includes some non-penny donations) |
BIONIC (Believe It Or Not I Care) |
Newsday:
Sunday, May 9, 1999 |
| Public School 173 in Flushing, New York (Queens);
Joel Shulman |
$1,000 |
The Young Autism Program |
New York Daily News:
Tuesday, May 4, 1999 |
| Public School 217 in Midwood, New York (Brooklyn); Mary Teatum |
$1,000 |
Making Lemonade |
New York Daily News:
Tuesday, May 4, 1999 |
| Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools & the APS Foundation; Cathy Cavin, Joe Montano |
Nearly $50,000 |
18 Local nonprofit agencies, such as Good Shepherd Shelter, Salvation Army, Salvation Army, and Project Share, Inc. |
Albuquerque Journal:
Wednesday, April 7, 1999 |
| Catherine McGee Middle School "March Madness" Penny Drive (Berlin, Connecticut); Bryan Plona |
$4,320.16 |
Make-A-Wish Foundation, the American Cancer society and Casey Family Services, et al. |
The Hartford Courant:
Thursday, April 1, 1999 |
| Fifth-graders at Samuels Elementary
School in Denver; Jane Clarke |
$41 |
Season to Share charity |
Denver Post; January 8,
1997 |
| Feinstein Good Deeds project;
Centredale students |
$292.55 |
Journal-Bulletin Santa Fund |
The Providence Journal-Bulletin;
January 15, 1997 |
| "Pitch-In, It All Adds Up" campaign
at Nitrauer Elementary School |
$685 |
Philadelphia Zoo Partners for
Primates, the Jillian Bucklin Memorial Research Fund and the Lancaster
County Council of Churches Food Bank |
Intelligencer Journal;
Lancaster, PA. January 29, 1997 |
| Penny collections of Desmond Auguste
and parents Allan and Marilyn of Monroe Township, New Jersey |
$200 |
Pennies for the Hungry charity |
The Star-Ledger; Newark,
NJ. January 29, 1997 |
| Bedford Spring Garden Elementary
School in Fort Worth, Texas and other areas schools |
$369,125 |
The Star-Telegram's annual Christmas
charity donations and the Goodfellow Fund |
The Fort Worth Star- Telegram;
February 1, 1997 |
| Arminta Street Elementary School
in North Hollywood; Tami Schwartz |
$352 |
The Starlight Foundation, a charity
that helps children who are terminally ill or facing long hospital stays |
Los Angeles Times; February
17, 1997 |
| "Penny-A-Thon" at Dessau Elementary
School in Austin, Texas |
Goal of $20,000 |
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central
Texas |
Austin American-Statesman;
February 22, 1997 |
| "Kids Helping Kids" Manheim, Pennsylvania
Township students at Reidenbaugh Elementary School |
Goal of $200 |
The Clare House, a Lancaster shelter
for women and children, and The Christ Home for Children in Paradise |
Intelligencer Journal;
Lancaster, PA. March 5, 1997 |
| Knight Elementary School in Lilburn,
Georgia; Connie Vance |
Goal of $10,000 |
Gwinnett Children's Shelter |
The Atlanta Journal/ The Atlanta
Constitution; March 10, 1997 |
| Queen Palmer Elementary School |
Unknown |
families of two slain boys, Andy
Westbay and Scott Hawrysiak |
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph;
March 15, 1997 |
| "You're 1 in a Million" Ronald
McDonald House penny campaign |
Goal of $10,000 |
Ronald McDonald House charity
"Home away from Home" for families of seriously ill or injured children
who require treatment |
Tulsa World; March 21,
1997 |
| "Pasta for Pennies" program sponsored
by the Leukemia Society and Olive Garden Restaurant |
$1,600 |
Leukemia research and families
affected by the disease |
The Tampa Tribune; April
22, 1997 |
| Woodward North Academy penny drive |
$2,000 |
North Fulton Community Charities
to buy medicine for children |
The Atlanta Journal/ The Atlanta
Constitution; April 24, 1997 |
| "Stall Your Teachers Penny Day",
Oregon High School Future Business Leaders of America Chapter; Sue Schultz |
$1,267 |
March of Dimes |
Wisconsin State Journal;
May 2, 1997 |
| "Pennies for Peace", Andrew Muller
Primary School; Russ Clinton |
$1,411.32 |
Ronald McDonald House |
Newsday; May 11, 1997 |
| Reynolds Recycling and the Charlotte
Motor Speedway's "Penny-Per-Pound" |
$2,500 |
Speedway Children's Charities |
The Business Journal- Charlotte;
May 12, 1997 |
| Ellington Middle School in Hartford,
Connecticut; Bob Monk |
$1,258.44 |
Local charities |
The Hartford Courant; May
19, 1997 |
| Douglas Grant, Ford Gum &
Machine Co. in New York |
$200,000 |
Local charities |
The Grand Rapids Press;
July 4, 1997 |
| "Penny" Hardaway's "Penny's Pals"
program in Osceola elementary schools |
Unknown |
Several local charities |
Orlando Sentinel; March
2, 1996 |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma Future Homemakers
of America Chapters |
Unknown |
Tulsa's Ronald McDonald House |
The Tulsa World; April
3, 1996 |
| Sunrise Drive Elementary School
in Tucson, Arizona; Charles "Chas" Foster |
$10,000 |
Ara Paraseghian Research Foundation
for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C |
The Arizona Daily Star;
April 11, 1996 |
| School #18 in Paterson, New Jersey;
Darlene Rankin |
$8,000 over five years |
St. Joseph's Hospital program
to prevent HIV transmission in pregnancies |
The Record; April 19, 1996 |
| Common Cents Coin Drive in Seattle,
Washington; Jane Ewing |
$30,000 in two weeks |
Family Services, which educates
children about homelessness and poverty |
Bank
Marketing; May 1996 |
| Elgin Academy in Elgin, Illinois;
Connie Tobolsky |
$2,800 |
Elgin Crisis Center |
Chicago Tribune; May 2,
1996 |
| Memorial Boulevard School in Hartford,
Connecticut; Eileen Moylan |
$83.93 in one week |
"Pennies for the Planet"- A charity
to save South American rain forest |
The Hartford Courant; May
7, 1996 |
| Bair Middle School in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida; Cara Coletti |
$1,200 |
Make a Wish Foundation |
Sun-Sentinel; May 8, 1996 |
| Fred Schroeder & Ada Clegg
Elementary Schools in Los Angeles, California |
$400 |
Local pediatric hospitals and
charities |
Los Angeles Times; May
15, 1996 |
| Norco Intermediate School in Riverside,
California; Wayne Marshall |
$2,000 |
Leukemia Society of America's
"Pennies for Patients Program" |
The Press-Enterprise; May
22, 1996 |
| Pleasant Garden Elementary School
in Asheville, North Carolina |
Over $5,000 |
Fundraiser for school |
Asheville Citizen-Times;
May 17,1996 |
| Public & Private Schools in
Hartford, Connecticut; Doris Suessman |
$372.77 |
Civil War monument in East Harford's
Center Cemetary |
The Hartford Courant; May
26, 1996 |
| Leona Cox Community School in
Los Angeles, California; Kay Rich |
$10,000 |
Used to purchase school computers |
Los Angeles Times; June
5, 1996 |
| Coins for Cops in MorenoValley,
California; Bonnie Flickinger |
Ongoing |
Moreno Valley, CA Police Department |
Los Angeles Daily News;
September 1, 1996 |
| Operation Pennies in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana; Pat Thompson |
$5,000 |
Families First, Parker House,
and Mariam's House |
The Advocate; September
6, 1996 |
| 24 Twin City Schools in Normal
and Bloomington, Illinois |
$12,597 |
United Way of McLean County's
"3 Million Penny Kids Campaign" |
The Pantograph; October
25, 1996 |
| Central Alabama Home Health Services;
George Hutchinson |
$1,325 |
Montgomery County, AL charities |
The Montgomery Advertiser;
November 17, 1996 |
| Bishop Larkin School in St. Petersburg,
Florida |
Unknown |
Food baskets for needy families |
St. Petersburg Times; November
27, 1996 |
| Nitrauer Elementary in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania; Cheryl Rybarczyk |
$685 |
"Pitch-In, It All Adds Up" Jillian
Bucklin Memorial Research Fund |
The Intelligencer Journal,
Lancaster, PA; November 27, 1996 |
| Coleman Nursery in Norfolk, Virginia;
Floyd Twiford |
$500 |
Merrimac Kiwanis Club, Norfolk,
VA |
The Virginian-Pilot; December
1, 1996 |
| Paula Deken & Delia Schindler |
$10,000 |
Home for unwed mothers in St.
Charles, MO |
St. Louis Dispatch; December
2, 1996 |
| Common Cents New York "Penny Harvest";
Teddy Gross, 212/736-6437 |
$150,000 |
New York City charities |
Daily News; December 9,
1996 |
| "Penny Wars" competition at St.
Vincent School in Pittsburgh |
More than $200 |
Holy Childhood Association |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
December 12, 1996 |
| "Penny Pitch" fund in Tucson,
Arizona |
Unknown |
Arizona Children's Home of Tucson |
The Arizona Daily Star;
December 19, 1996 |
| Chase Middle School penny drive |
$1,248 in two weeks |
Martin Luther King Jr. Center
and the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery |
The Spokesman Review; December
19, 1996 |
| "Lucky Penny Collection"; Nine
Mile Falls Fourth grade class |
$70.80 |
Local Christmas fund |
The Spokesman Review; Spokane,
WA. December 20, 1996 |
| Star-Telegram's Class Acts penny
drive; George Clarke Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas |
$1,300 |
Goodfellows Fund |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram;
December 26, 1996 |
| Greenbriar Elementary School in
Indianapolis |
Goal of $10,000 |
Local charities |
The Indianapolis Star;
January 4, 1995 |
| Moorpark High School Key Club
in Los Angeles |
$1,770.14 |
Catholic Charities; Ruben Castro |
Los Angeles Times; January
7, 1995 |
| Clackamas Town Center in Portland,
Oregon |
$400 |
The Kendall Community Center;
Jon Wood |
The Oregonian; January
10, 1995 |
| Manheim Township Middle School
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Dick Brown |
$1,3320 |
"Penny Up Drive" for the Water
Street Rescue Mission; Dick McMillan |
Intelligencer Journal;
Lancaster, PA. February 1, 1995 |
| Highlands Elementary School in
Los Angeles; Joann Marsh |
$600 |
Kobe, Japan Relief Fund for earthquake
victims |
Los Angeles Daily News;
February 8, 1995 |
| Chevy Chase Bank in Little Falls,
Virginia and the Penny Jar Foundation |
Unknown |
Washington Area charities that
help feed, clothe, and house the poor |
The Washington Post; February
10, 1995 |
| Village Meadows School in Glendale,
Arizona; Glen Henkel |
$3,000 |
Make-A-Wish Foundation, Crisis
Nursery, and the Ronald McDonald House |
The Arizona Republic; May
31, 1995 |
| Penny Lovers of America in Somerset,
New Jersey; Richard Barber, Sr. |
Goal of $1.64 million |
Scholarship funds for disadvantaged
& underprivileged students |
The Star-Ledger; Newark,
NJ. September 15, 1995 |
| "The Great Penny Drive" sponsored
by McDonald's in Philadelphia |
Goal of $250,000 |
The Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia;
(215) 387-8406 ext. 321 |
Allentown Morning Call;
October 19, 1995 |
| Kindness Foundation's Dallas "Pennies
for Heaven" (214) 223-5463 |
$14,000 |
Victims of the Oklahoma City bombing |
Money; November 1, 1995 |
| "A Penny for AIDS" effort in Los
Angeles; 1-800-847-3669 |
$600,000 |
AIDS research |
Money; November 1, 1995 |
| Common Cents New York "Penny Harvest";
Teddy Gross |
$16,000 |
New York City area charities |
New York Times; November
11, 1995 |
| Brownsburg, Indiana Junior High
School; Susan Clark |
$1,280 |
Riley Hospital for Children in
Indianapolis & The Brownsburg Cheer Guild |
The Indianapolis Star;
November 24, 1995 |
| Sandra Day O'Connor School &
Palomino School in Phoenix, Arizona |
$2,314.07 |
Season for Sharing, holiday giving
program sponsored by the Phoenix newspapers |
The Arizona Republic; December
20, 1995 |
| Old County Road School in Smithfield,
Rhode Island; Robert O'Brien |
Over $200 |
The Joslin Center, The Journal-Bulletin
Santa Fund, and the town welfare office |
The Providence Journal-Bulletin;
December 22, 1995 |
| Challis secondary school in Challis,
Idaho; Glen Johnson |
Over $900 in two weeks |
Operation Help |
The Idaho Statesman; December
22, 1995 |
