EDUCATION MAKES
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The Million Penny Challenge is a fund raising activity
of the
Lawrence Township Education Foundation of New Jersey
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COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Educational Dining - Those who ate at the following establishments, had a significant portion of their bill donated to the LTEF Million Penny Challenge. Thanks again for your patronage and support.
Lawrence Township Seniors pitched in with donations at the Senior Center.
Lawrencewood, a neighborhood off Cold Soil Road, renamed it's streets "Penny Lane" for the month of May. Resident Jared Husch distributed collection bags to over 65 households and will collect the pennies for deposit at Fleet Bank on June 1. Was there a Penny Lane in your neighborhood? Check out the list of businesses who collected pennies at their establishments. Education Testing Service strategically located penny containers in its buildings and added links to millionpenny.org on their internal web applications. What can your office do? Click here for some collection ideas.
Lawrence Township Council honored LTEF volunteers and supporters for outstanding dedication and contribution to our schools as it declared October 6, 2002 as Penny Day in Lawrence Township. Read the township declaration (200K).
Twins Katie & Maria McDonough made the very first donation at Fleet Bank. Their box full of pennies, nickels and dimes was more than enough to earn them prizes of a calculator and a lighted yo-yo. |
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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES All seven Lawrence Township Public Schools worked hard collecting pennies. From collection jars to fundraisers, both students and teachers were excited about the challenge. Here are a few samplings of what happened: Lawrenceville Middle School students were able to make $0.50 bids to switch places with a teacher for the day. This activity raised 58,400 pennies for the Challenge.
Alex Herrera, a third grade student at Slackwood Elementary reports that they emptied Penny the Pig, the school's official penny repository, for the first time on Friday, April 19 and counted a whopping large total of 15,000 pennies! And the pennies are still coming in! Sam Tola, LHS Teacher, offered a special program on penny stocks for his students in his class, "The principles of Investment." Robbie Mislevy, Technology Resource Teacher K-6, gave her students the following penny problem. See if you can figure out the answer:
Penny Captains: Each school had a "penny captain" who helped coordinate school events. We want to acknowledge their hard work at keeping the collections going:
Penny Captain George Regan reports that Slackwood Elementary students created a delightful piggy bank as their official penny depository for the LTEF Million Penny Challenge. "Penny the Pig" was named by the students in a popular vote as part of the school's kickoff to the campaign. According to Captain Regan, "Classroom collection buckets are emptied weekly into 'Penny,' and when she is full, we make a trip to Fleet Bank for a deposit. Then we fill her up all over again!" |
Penny Shuffleboard debuted at the Lawrenceville Main
Street Jubilee in May. Township resident Bryan Smith not only conceived
the idea, but created the hardwood playing surface for LTEF. Penny graphics
were provided by Cathy LeCompte. Look for more opportunities to play at
community events throughout the year. 
