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If you would like to help with any of the events, from baking cookies for the bake sale or closing reception to being a hostess at the Fair to donating a mystery item for the "Jelly Bean Auction" to planning and organizing, or donating a service such as printing, copying, sound equipment etc., please contact Cathie at 978-463-0507 or 2cents4change@gmail.com.
We are also looking for sponsors of the Senzeni Na Fair and are asking businesses and/or individuals to make a donation of just $10 to help us cover the costs of the fair. As you know, Pennies annual operating expenses for 2009 is just $2,000 so you know we will "penny pinch" and stretch your donations! Extra funds that are not needed for the Fair will fund Pennies 2010 budget and/or be donated to the 2 Cent Grant Fund. Please consider sending a check to Pennies for Poverty and note on the memo line: "Fair" and you'll be listed in the Senzeni Na program book as a sponsor! Thank you for your continued support!
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Pennies for Poverty: 2 Cents 4 Change, Inc. is sponsoring "Nonprofit Spotlights" on Media One in order to increase public awareness of available services and programs as well as providing added visibility for local non-profits that may be looking for people/organizations for extra help to bridge the gap during budget short-falls. Let's get to know our area non-profits and the programs and people who work to make our neighborhood in the world a better place to live.
Non Profits: Would you like your nonprofit to be spotlighted for a half hour Media One "Non Profit Spotlight" in-depth look at what you do? Send Jay an email to arrange for a taping! Do you have a specific event that you would like advertised? Let us know and we will create a PowerPoint slide which will be displayed during the normal Channel 10 public service announcements. For more information or to sign up to be spotlighted, please contact Jay Jorgenson at: jorgensonj@aol.com.
A new program, the Common CENTS Garden in collaboration with the First Parish Church of Newbury, will grow vegetables for the local food pantries. Any group, organization, individuals, businesses who would like to help us launch this program for a garden in 2009 by donating a plot of land, money, seeds, or just be a part of the planning please contact Pennies for Poverty. A flyer with more information is available here.
Another exciting new program is a Common CENTS Resource Bank of individuals who have special skills that they are willing to donate to help individuals—from home budgeting to nutrition education to taxes to computers to resumes and work skills! The potential list of needs is as varied as the individuals who live in our community. Send us an email if you would like to sign up!
Be a Pennies Presenter and help us spread the word by doing speeches and presentations! Write articles for the Pennies Newsletter. Bloggers, myspace & facebook: give us a shout-out and link! Join the Pennies Board! Host a Penny Party: Invite your friends and ask them to bring 2 cents & 2 cans to donate! Raise awareness about poverty. Help with an event. Have an idea for a new project? Send us an email!
Looking for someone to speak to your club, church, organization, board or other company group? We'd be happy to come out and talk about what the Pennies for Poverty: 2 Cents 4 Change is all about.
Help us fund the 2 Cent Grant by donating just 2 cents a day or $7.30 a year! Just save your pennies; write a check and deposit at one of the 4 local banks that have 2 cent accounts (Institution for Savings, Eastern Bank, Provident Bank, or 5 Cent Savings Bank). Please help us fund books for literacy programs, fresh vegetables for the food pantries, and other programs and new initiatives! One hundred percent of the money donated to the grant is awarded to local organizations or individuals that work to reduce poverty here in Newburyport.
If 200 people donated just $10, we would have our annual budget covered! We are a program run by volunteers from the community, funded by the community, for the benefit of the community.
The Pennies for Poverty: 2 Cents 4 Change is a volunteer group whose purpose is fundraising, promoting volunteerism, and raising awareness about poverty in Newburyport, MA. The core reason the Pennies for Poverty program exists is to lessen the current effects of poverty and crisis, while working simultaneously to eliminate the root causes of poverty and crisis in the future. Today's decisions will therefore be made in the context of both today and tomorrow, asking the question, "How will this decision affect the future of our organization AND the future of our community?" Our guiding principles are that all parties to any decision will be treated with respect, dignity, compassion, grace, integrity, honesty and humanity; Our message must be positive, that we CAN make change; With a passionate optimistic message, we can change minds and move mountains: We can accomplish significant change if the whole community works together, focusing ALL of the community's varied resources towards improving our community's quality of life, and that all of the community must share ownership of our problems and our solutions.
The program is divided into four sections:
Two Cents for Change: A program to raise awareness of poverty in our area and to encourage everyone in Newburyport to donate 2 cents a day to the 2 Cents 4 Change Campaign. Two cents a day is $7.30 per year which, if everyone in Newburyport participated, would amount to $125,000.
Two Cans for Change: A program to increase awareness as well as increase donations to the food pantries in the area.
Two Hours for Change: A program to increase volunteerism in town by encouraging everyone to volunteer at least two hours a month in any capacity or with any organization of their choosing.
Together for Change: Providing free events throughout the year in order to bring about awareness and celebrate community togetherness. Together, we CAN make a difference
Please consider joining our efforts to end poverty here in Newburyport. We need your ideas, your time and your efforts to make this new program work. Get in on the ground floor of a new initiative and make a difference in our own beautiful hometown! For more information or if you would like to be involved, email us at 2cents4change@gmail.com.
The Pennies for Poverty goals are: