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Join the Colorado Penny Harvest and Help us Get to 50 Schools!
Are you looking to get your school or child involved in the free Penny Harvest program? We still have spots available for the 2010-11 school year, which kicks off in September. Contact Amber for more information: agerding@ypfoundation.org
Colorado Penny Harvesters have granted more than $100,000 over the past 3 years to nonprofits, schools, and individuals in need!
Between 2007 and 2010, students from across the state gathered $114,675.29 in pennies and made 243 community grants, in addition to completing 39 neighborhood service projects. Find out where they have granted the money under the "Organization" Tab.
Penny Harvest Students Grant $52,159.00 to 105 different organizations!
Roundtable Leaders from 43 Colorado schools spent several months researching community needs, interviewing nonprofit professionals, and making funding decisions on behalf of their entire school. In addition to the 105 organizations funded, several Colorado schools participated in the first-ever National Penny Harvest Disaster Relief Fund to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Click here for more info: www.PennyHarvest.org/HelpingHaiti
Colorado Schools Harvest $53,178.33 during the 2009/10 Penny Harvest!
43 schools collectively harvested coins for more than 2 months for this year's Penny Harvest. Each school will continue into the Roundtable phase with at least $1,000 for their grant-making budget. Stay tuned to see where the students decide to grant all of that money!
Colorado Welcomes 43 Schools to the 2009/10 Penny Harvest!
The Penny Harvest has expanded in 2009/10 from 31 schools to 43 schools across the Greater Front Range. We are pleased to welcome the St. Vrain Valley School District and Aurora Publi to this year's program!! 10 school districts, and a handful of private schools are gearing up for their Kick-Off Assemblies, and the Harvesting Phase, with a goal to beat last year's Harvest total of $38,996.96!!
Roxborough Intermediate on TV!
Check out some of the Roxborough Intermediate students and the YPF staff on TV HERE!
Highlights of the 2008-2009 school year
- 89 grants were made by students this past school year totaling $38,996.96
- For a list of grant recipients click here
The 2009-2010 Penny Harvest is almost filled up, so make sure to sign your school up for this years Penny Harvest ASAP!
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Young Philanthropists Foundation administers the Penny Harvest in Colorado in coordination with Common Cents
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Penny Harvest Colorado
Home > Penny Harvest > Location > Colorado > Coaches > Curriculum
Click here to view instructions for the WHEEL OF CARING exercise!
Wheel Examples:
Skyline Vista Elementary
Meiklejohn Elementary
Polaris at Ebert Elementary
Not a Penny Harvest Coach? Click here.
The curriculum online mirrors the Penny Harvest: A Curriculum Guide for Educators also found in your Penny Harvest Kit. The curriculum online includes:
- An overview each phase of the Penny Harvest
- Downloadable sections of the curriculum guide
- Tips and important reminders
- QuickLinks to standards-based Curriculum Connections, activities for students, and tools for families in multiple languages
Many coaches follow the guide "to the letter" while others interact with the guide in a less structured way, adapting where they feel necessary. This curriculum guide is the product of 16 years of program evolution, a history of interactions with hundreds of educators who have helped to shape the curriculum from the bottom, up. As the Penny Harvest staff, we don't just deliver the program, but we listen as well. Give us your feedback at info@commoncents.org.
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“The quality of the Penny Harvest curriculum and professional development sessions
influenced my entire school year. I have been able to expand my curriculum...
and support my students as they got our whole school involved in philanthropy.”
-- Claire Waistell, Penny Harvest Coach, Seattle
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InTRODUCTION
Download the Introduction to the Penny Harvest: A Curriculum Guide for Educators
In this section, you fill find:
- Year-long program overview
- Penny Harvest year at a glance
- How to use the curriculum guide
- Your role as Penny Harvest Coach
- Tips to engage your school community
WHAT IS THE PENNY HARVEST?
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NEW RESOURCES!
QUICKLINKS: The QuickLinks panel highlights handouts, student activities, standards-based Curriculum Connections and materials for Penny Harvest families.
TRANSLATIONS: For the first time ever, we are offering materials to engage families translated into eight languages:
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Chinese
- Haitian Creole
- Korean
- Russian
- Spanish
- Urdu
Look for the (T) in the Quick Links panel.
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There are many programs that teach children to collect money for a good cause. And there are a lot of programs that engage youngsters in community service. But only the Penny Harvest puts the most important decisions in the hands of students. The students themselves decide which community problems to tackle and how to get the job done.
The Penny Harvest Program is a year long program and consists of three phases:
Each fall, hundreds of schools, motivated by Penny Harvest Student Leaders, rally to connect students and families with neighbors, building relationship and collecting pennies by the ton.
Phase 2: Philanthropy Roundtable: Make Grants
Each winter and spring, student leaders undertake the important responsibility of representing their school and allocating Penny Harvest funds to causes and community organizations of their choice through a rigorous research process.
Throughout the spring, students use more than just their Penny Harvest funds to improve their communities, they also use their hands! Schools partner with community organizations and students plan and execute neighborhood service projects.
Finally students Party & Plan, reflecting on their learning, sharing their accomplishments and planning for an even more fruitful Penny Harvest next year! |
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