Penny Harvest program helps students make a difference in their community
Article by Columbus Parent
Students from 19 elementary schools in the Columbus and Worthington City School Districts are participating in a year-long service learning program called the Penny Harvest.
Last fall over 7,500 elementary students went door-to-door collecting spare change. Their efforts really added up as they filled over 300 bank sacks. But the penny gathering is just the first step in the year-long program. For the next 12 weeks the students in each school will collaborate to conduct research and identify community issues and needs. Doing their research will give them a deeper knowledge of their community while they work together to try to solve and address the issues they discover. Click here to read more.
