Pennies for Poverty:
Two Cents For Change
About Us:
Pennies for Poverty: 2 Cents 4 Change, Inc. a 501(c)3 nonprofit run by volunteers on an annual budget of $2,000.
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Vision: To eliminate poverty in Newburyport by 2025.
Values: We believe that poverty is a human rights issue under Article 25 of the Declaration of Human Rights and that all people should be treated with respect, dignity, and compassion.
Mission: To lessen the current effects of poverty and crisis while working simultaneously to eliminate the root causes of poverty and crisis in the future.
Goals:
- Raise awareness of poverty in the community.
- Increase donations to food pantries and soup kitchens.
- Increase volunteerism.
- Raise funds for the 2 Cent Grant Fund and Pennies Operating Fund.
- Encourage attendance at free events to increase community spirit.
- Increase awareness and understanding of Pennies and our programs in the community.
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. To be added to our email list to receive our newsletters and announcements, please enter your email address below:
Financial Summary To Date:
October 2008 to July 2010:
- Operating Costs: $3,831 spent on website, nonprofit filings, PR material, office supplies, photocopying of Service Directory and other
- 2 Cent Grants awarded: $9,050
- Emergency Need funds awarded: $796
- Monetary Value of Food donated: $14,147
- Total Benefit to Community: $23,993
A 2 Year Summary of Accomplishments document is available for download here.
Who We Are:
Board Members:
- Catherine Yesair Gould, Founder, Contact her by email
- Laurie Ingersoll, Co-Founder, Contact her by email
- Bob Gould, Contact him by email
- Fran Larkin, Contact him by email
- Eleanor Turke, Contact her by email
- Julie Amery, Contact her by email
- Robin Parsons, Treasurer, Contact her by email
- Advisory Board Members:
- Gail Gandofi (founding Board member)
- Dudley Glover
- Robin Graves
- Webmistress:
- Tatiana Hamboyan Harrison, Contact her by email
- Past Board Members:
- Shari Wilkinson
- Heather Pickard
We also rely on the support of volunteers and are grateful for their contributions! To become more involved, please visit our 2 Hours page for volunteer opportunities and applications! Thank you!
Seeking New Board Members:
We are currently seeking new Board Members to fill the following positions: President in 2011, Marketing, Publicity, 2 Cent Chair and Together Program Chair. Pennies is a working Board and is responsible for all aspects and implemention of our programs. The time required is 4-10 hours a month, not including events and Board meetings. All Board members volunteer their time, and there is no compensation for being a Pennies Board member. For more information, please contact us at 2cents4change@gmail.com. For applications and more information about the Board, please visit our downloads page.
2010 Poverty Report:
What are adequate resources to not be poor in Newburyport? A single person needs to make $25,000; 2 adults $35,000 and a family with 2 children needs to make $50,000. We defined severe poverty as earning less than $15,000, moderate poverty as less than $35,000 and have a serious risk of poverty as earnings less than $50,000 depending on family size. For full report, please click here. (Please be aware that this is a large file and may take some time to open or download.)
The 2010 Poverty Report is also available in smaller files, by topic, on the Downloads page.
Sister CENTS:
We encourage other communities to start their own groups by using the 2Cents4Change model through a program called Sister CENTS.