Sunday, March 8, 2009

Pennies for Peace (yes, you CAN do this)

I just finished reading Three Cups of Tea.  Do yourself a favor and read it.   There is also a Young Adult and a Children's version.

As an offshoot of that, I highly suggest you check out Pennies for Peace.  It's true, a penny surely isn't of much value, but lots of pennies can do wonders.

1.  I put a jar just for pennies on my home bookshelf.   Anyone who sees it can add to it.
2.  You could put a jar just for pennies in your workplace, and invite others to add to it.
3.  If you are a teacher, you could get your whole class/school to collect pennies.
4.  If you go to a church, put a jar in the vestibule.

The idea is not to just make a donation, but to reinforce the worth of doing the smallest thing to help someone else.  If we teach our children this principle, the world will be better.

Peace out.

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