Adams Elementary just completed their 7th annual Penny Harvest fundraiser, and successfully donated $1,000 to local charities. The group of 4th- and 5th-graders call themselves the “Penny Pilers,” and raised the money in the fall, collecting 32 burlap sacks worth of pennies.
Photo courtesy Heidi Osborn
Over the past several months, they asked fellow students where they’d like to see the money go, and the students researched homelessness, foster children’s needs, animal welfare and support for Guide Dog Puppies of Seattle. The charities they chose to give money to are the Ballard Food Bank ($100), Treehouse for Kids ($300), PAWS ($300) and Guide Dog Puppies ($300). They also did an end of the year service project to collect school supplies for Project Cool with the Seattle/King County Coalition to end Homelessness.
Congratulations to the Penny Pilers for their efforts!
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