NYC: Penny Harvest Field At Rockefeller Center
January 2, 2008 – 11:56 pm | Written by KiwiPulse
From a little Elgin jar to a Penny Harvest Field, the children from New York City schools participated in this extraordinary harvest to collect pennies from family, friends and neighbors. All these pennies don’t actually go to their piggy banks but they are gathered together and are trucked to the Penny Harvest Field. The Penny Harvest Field is at the Rockefeller Center between 50th and 51st Streets. This year, it was opened from December 10 to December 31, 2007. The Field is sponsored by a non-profit program, the Common Cents, who believe that the youngest citizens can spark extraordinary social change if they simply get the support they deserve. Over 850 schools participated this year to this harvest and their goal was to reach $1 million dollars which works out to 100 million pennies! How to get 100 millions pennies out of the field? Well, once the field is closed they used two specialized vacuum trucks to collect the pennies from the field. The rate to remove the pennies is around $1,000 per minute and it will be emptied into twenty-five 20-foot cargo boxes. It’s just amazing how you can get so much money with only pennies! This shows that if we all work together we can move mountains and make a big difference.
Source: emonome.com
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It’s really amazing to see what happens around the world. Collecting penny’s for a good cause is great. This teaches us that if we all save one penny each day we can make a difference to the life of so many needy people.
Innovative and admirable initiative! And those are some lovely pictures as well.
What a fantastic idea. I am passing this on to someone who does some work with school children on social issues. The idea modified and perhaps even altered to suit local needs can be a great fund raising method for worthwhile causes.
The photographs as usual are wonderful.
Its heartwarming to see things like these. Children involved in socially relevant activities, and people contributing in droves, such that even small amounts can be substantial when more are responding.
The lesson here is that: if everyone shared a little of what they have, there would be enough for everyone.
I wish it wouldn’t happen only on Christmas, nor only in New York; but throughout the year and everywhere in the world!
If that’s too idealistic or simplistic, I don’t care. Its better than war or religious intolerance, or oppression and inequality.
Happy New Year Kiwipulse. This is very moving.
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Neat story, thanks for sharing it!
I wish I was there for that. Looks awesome!