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Boy raises $10,000 in pennies for school

by Bethany Sanders, Posted May 18th 2008 4:00PM

Some kids collect bottle caps, Andrew Niemi collected pennies. Lots of them. For over a year, the 10-year-old collected the copper coins and held fundraisers -- aptly named Andrew's Pennies -- at his school and church. On March 17th, the ambitious ...
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Students get detention for paying with pennies

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 2nd 2008 10:02AM

Some people collect pennies in jars, some use them to make art, and some people actually use them to pay for things. Unfortunately, using pennies to pay for lunch at Readington Middle School in New Jersey can get you in trouble. It seems that 29 ...
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The family that plays with pennies together...

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 21st 2008 8:30AM

Every few months, I empty out our piggy bank into one of those coin machine things at the grocery store. For a fee, the machine counts the coins and gives you a receipt for actual money. You can either cash it in or donate the money to charity. I ...
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Coin stacking

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 17th 2007 4:05PM

If your kids are whining about being bored, hand 'em your penny jar and challenge 'em to see what they can do with them. First, however, have them check out this website for some inspiration. There are photos of some incredible towers, bridges, and ...
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Pennies: what's the point?

by Karen Walrond, Posted Feb 22nd 2006 12:32PM

I remember when I was a kid, feeling like I'd hit the jackpot when I found a bright, shiny copper penny.  Into my piggy bank it would go, knowing that I needed only 25 to get a quarter, and man, back in the early seventies, that bought a ...
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