Million Penny Drive:
Could you spare some change to change our community?
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Most of us have idle change, especially pennies, in our pockets, our car, and in our home. Some folks empty change into a jar when cleaning out their pockets at the end of the day. Others throw pennies away! Instead of letting your coins sit around collecting dust or travel to the landfill, we'd like you to donate them to us. With your spare change, we can change our community and open our community center. |
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It's hard to buy anything with just one penny but one million pennies is $10,000. One million pennies will fund 2-3 major center events (e.g. a community leadership workshop led by a nationally known speaker) or 3-4 support groups (e.g. Prism, the GLBTQ Parent support group, a coming out support group, etc) for one year. Your pennies can make a real difference! |
| TCP's Million Penny Drive began on President’s Day (Feb 18th) and will end on May 1st. We will collect pennies and other change at local events and businesses. Watch your email for Million Penny Drive events and look for our collection jars at your favorite businesses. We also are planning to hold a penny collection day at one or more Mid-Missouri grocery stores or other popular public venues. |
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We are also asking area groups to collect pennies at a previously planned event or meeting that will occur during the drive. So far, Prism, PFLAG- Columbia, and Allies in Action and several other area groups have agreed to help us collect pennies. Could your group help? If you are planning to collect pennies or have ideas where we could collect them, please let us know! |
Collection locations:
If you have a donation that you would like to make, look for our Penny Drive jars at one of these locations, or contact us at centerproject@hotmail.com More sites will be added later!
| Ragtag |
| Maude's |
| Cafe Berlin |
| Soco |
| Living Canvas Tattoo |
| Main Squeeze |
| 9th Street Video |
| Blackberry Exchange |
