Don't Miss out on the 3rd Annual Count-a-Thon!

Join us for the 3rd Annual Count-a-thon!

Help us celebrate the 44 Penny Harvest Schools who have gathered more than 4 MILLION pennies from their communities!

Every cent will be donated to a charitable cause chosen by the students.

All are welcome to attend: students, parents, community members, as we tally up all of the coins collected by local schools.

Date: 12/03/09

Time: 9-11am

Location: UMB

1635 E. Colfax Avenue

Denver, CO 80218

9-9:30: Refreshments

9:30-10: Count-a-Thon

10-11: Interactive Coin Processing

Please RSVP to Amber by 11/30/09: 720.221.9218 or agerding@ypfoundation.org

Guess what is taking place...

...The Extraodinary Penny Harvest!!!

Students from 44 Colorado schools are gearing up for this year's program by hosting "Kick-Off Ceremonies," making presentations in classrooms, reaching out to their neighbors and identifying important community issues.

Here are some awesome ways are students are preparing for the Harvest:

Lowry Elementary Student Leaders present the Penny Harvest program to their peers.

Kickoff Ceremony at Lowry Elementary with special guest Denver Councilman Linkhart. The students used a video, student presentations, the Wheel of Caring, a slide show, and many other great tools to get their peers excited.

McKinley-Thatcher Elementary Students gather the student body to help identify key issue areas and organizations to add to the Wheel of Caring:

McKinley-Thatcher All-Star Leaders perform their school cheer to get their peers motivated!


Graland Country Day School Leaders create a nice loud PENNY--HARVEST Chant...

Teller Elementary Student Leaders sing a Penny Harvest Song they wrote, while displaying the Piggy Bank that will collect all of the "lucky pennies."

Great job student leaders!! Keep up the fantastic work. For more information on our participating schools, visit our website: http://www.ypfoundation.org/

The Pennies Keep Rolling in...

The following message was written by a new Penny Harvest Coach regarding her experiences:

"Today I took pictures of the progress of Penny Harvest and thought I would share them with you. I am very proud of the progress we have made in only 1 week. I was afraid we wouldn't get one bag of pennies let alone 6 and they keep rolling in. I am very proud of the teachers and students working so hard to make this such a successful project. Hope you enjoy the pictures!"

YPF is supporting 44 local schools in this year's Penny Harvest. We are expecting close to 5 million pennies to be collected by the first week of December! All of the money will be used by local school children to make grants to organizations that support issues kids care about.

Keep up that Harvesting!!