Pennies for Poverty:
Two Cents For Change
NEWS ARCHIVES:
Haley's Star 240 Fundraiser:
- For: 2 Cent Grant Fund
- WHAT: HALEY'S RIDE IN
- FOR: PENNIES FOR POVERTY: 2 CENTS 4 CHANGE, INC.
- WHEN: WEDNESDAY NIGHTS FROM 6:30 - 8:30 PM
JUNE 2 - SEPTEMBER 1 - WHERE: HALEY'S ICE CREAM
- HOSTED BY: STAR 240
This is it... THE GRAND FINALE! We've been at it all summer and we've reached the big night... Tell everyone you know ! Ice Cream - Raffles - Clowns - Music and More ! We present the BIG CHECK tonight! Bring all your loose change and help us reach our goal !
Special Nights:
- September 1: Closing night with Star 240 Presentation. J & C Entertainment and Cheerful Charlie and Lt. Fuzz!
J&C Entertainment and Cheerful Charlie have donated their services to help raise funds for the 2 Cent Grant.
For more information about J & C Entertainment: www.rossdj.com/
To book Cheerful Charlie: 978-462-7473
Raffle items: Last chance to get raffle tickets! Raffle items include a signed Red Sox 2004 win photo, posters, photographs, paintings by Ralph Ayers, and many more items!
New Board Members:
Robin L. Parsons is a Vice President in the Global Business Reporting division of a major worldwide financial institution. Her experience in the community has included past member and treasurer of the General Federation of Women's Clubs- Junior Women's Club of Taunton and Raynham and volunteer with the American Cancer Society's "Look Good, Feel Better" program. She recently moved to Newburyport and we look forward the contribution her past experiences will bring to our organization.
STAR 240 AND HALEY'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT PENNIES FUNDRAISER EVENT:
July 14: Dr. Keith Ablow, one of America's leading psychiatrists, will be at Haley's!
ENCHANTED NEWBURY: A PRELUDE TO SALEM'S WITCHCRAFT HYSTERIA
A TOGETHER PRESENTATION BY WENDY WEST
June 16, 7:00 PM, Newburyport Public Library
This is a story of a seemingly isolated witchcraft case in Newbury, Massachusetts and its relationship to Salem's Witchcraft Hysteria. For more information about the history, please click here. Another article about "Enchanted Newbury" can be found here.
JUNE 13th: Pennies will be at the Farmer's Market!
Wonder what we do? From the Common CENTS Garden to 2 Cents to TOGETHER, Fran Larkin, Pennies Board Member, Author of "5 Words and Then Some", Retirement Coach, Altzheimer's Advocate, will be at the Pennies table to answer your questions about Pennies.
Another Chance to see the Secrets of Success Together Presentation
ON PORT MEDIA, Channel 10
- Thu 5/20 at 9pm
- Fri 5/21 at 11am
- Sun 5/23 at Noon
FOOD DRIVE FOLLOW UP:
"On behalf of Pettengill House, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your recent donation of food from the recent food drive at Shaw's Supermarket along with the help of the Belleville Congregational Church. Your generosity and support is truly appreciated and makes a different in the lives of many. Thanks as always." Pettengill House
"On behalf of the Board, Staff and guests of Our Neighbor's Table, I thank you and the entire Pennies for Poverty team for all your hard work coordinating the food drive and for giving so generously to Our Neighbor's Table. The food collected over the weekend will be a tremendous help in serving all those in need." Lyndsey Haight, Our Neighbor's Table
"We at Community Service thank you for the terrific collection last weekend. We are very grateful for your help." Betty Leary, Community Service
"Hello, I am writing to thank your awesome volunteers for making the last food drive such a success. We at the Amesbury Center truly appreciate our partnership with Pennies For Poverty! Our pantry now serves, on average, 600 families in need each month—this is a staggering volume—more than 50% higher than the same period a little over a year ago. A sad sign of our difficult times! Many thanks again, and please thank your entire board for all that you do to support area anti-poverty agencies." Elaine Miller, Community Action, Inc.
The three-day food drive raised more than $2,600 worth of food for the five food pantries that serve Newburyport residents: Salvation Army, Community Service, Our Neighbor's Table, Community Action, and Pettengill House. In addition, $416.75 was donated to the 2 Cent Grant Fund and $416.75 to Community Needs which will be donated to Community Service for non-food items. $3,433.50 is the grand total! Thank you to all who donated, volunteered and special thanks to Shaw's Supermarket and Belleville Congregational Church for their efforts and generosity.
THANK YOU!
A Community Needs Grant Awarded:
A Community Needs Grant of $ 464.25 has been awarded to Community Service in Newburyport to purchase personal care items and other items that are not covered by food stamps. The Community Needs Grant is funded from half the donations received during the bi-annual food drive with the other half of the donations going to the 2 Cent Grant Fund. The Community Needs Grant is awarded semi-annually to an organization for a community need. The Pennies Board of Directors votes on the recipient of the Community Needs Grant prior to each food drive.
2 CENT GRANT AWARDED TO THE LEARNING ENRICHMENT CENTER:
We are pleased to announce that the first large 2 Cent Grant of $5,000 has been awarded to the Newburyport Learning Enrichment Center. This is a tremendous program, run by Nancy Earls, which has made an enormous difference in the lives of children and their families. The 2 Cent Grant is funded by the generosity of individuals in Newburyport. Thank you! Two cents a day can make a difference.
BELLEVILLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH EMERGENCY NEEDS BAGS:
Belleville Congregational Church has been awarded $332 to purchase food, personal hygiene items and other items for emergency needs bags which will be given out to people in need.
SPRING FOOD DRIVE:
SAVE THE DATE: March 19-21
Pennies will be having our Spring Food Drive Friday 3/19 from 8:30 AM to 6 PM and Saturday, 3/20, and Sunday, 3/21 from 9AM to 5PM at Shaw's in Newburyport to benefit the 5 area food pantries: Community Action, Community Service, Our Neighbor's Table, Pettengill House and the Salvation Army. We will also be seeking donations for the 2 Cent Grant Fund and Local Needs. The donations will be equally split between the two. The Local Needs money collected at the Spring Food Drive will be donated to Community Service for non-food necessary items such as personal care items. Please consider volunteering at the Food Drive as well as donating food to replenish the food panties and giving monetary donations to the 2 Cent Grant Fund and Local Needs Fund.
FOOD PANTRY NEEDS:
Baby Food, Bread, Canned meats/fruit/veggies/soup, Juice, Laundry Soap, Paper Products, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Personal Care Items, Rice, Beans, School Snacks.
Our 501c(3) application has been approved!
Ed Cameron's Homelessness Presentation and Deb Smith's Waging a Living Presentation will be reshown on Port Media!
Ed Cameron, Associate Executive Director of Community Teamwork, "Homelessness": Thursday 2/11 @ 9 PM and Friday 2/12 @ 11 AM.
Deb Smith, Executive Director of Pettengill House, "Waging a Living": Sunday 2/14 @ 9 PM and Thursday 2/18 @ 9 PM
Last chance to put in your 2 cents on the surveys!
Please take a couple of minutes and fill out the survey. We really need your help! The Nonprofit Survey will be used to update poverty statistics. The survey ends Feb. 15th, so please help us by giving us your 2 cents! Please consider taking this survey to let us better know how to serve our community! Thank you!
Dec. 10th, 4 PM BLESSING OF THE BANNER
Mark your calendar for the annual Blessing of the Banner by area clergy on December 10th at 4 PM, Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA. The banner which is made at the annual Volunteer Fair will be on display for 5 days as a reminder during the holidays to help those less fortunate.
Senzeni Na Fair Presentations On TV:
If you weren't able to stop by and see the presenations at the Senzeni Na Fair in October, they will be shown on Port Media on these dates:
- Th Nov. 12th @ 9p: Kathy Heywood: "Power of Music in Creating Social Change"
- Tu Nov. 17th @ 8p: Perspectives on Immigration: A Forum Sponsored by FRSUU - Moderator Sandra Thaxter
- Th Nov. 19th @ 9p: Ed Cameron: Homelessness
- Tu Nov. 24th @ 8p: Deborah Smith: "Waging A Living" presented by the Amesbury Friends followed by Fran Larkin, Pennies Board Member: "Pennies, an New Non Profit Model"
- Th Nov. 26th @ 9p: The Boston Community Choir Concert
That's just the first run for each... they'll repeat the following morning and Saturday afternoons. The presentations are all incredible. Thanks to all the presenters who volunteered their time, shared their knowledge or gift of song with us. And special thanks to Jay Jorgenson for filming all the presentations!!
Our 501c(3) application has been approved!
Senzeni Na:
Please join us for the 3rd annual Volunteer Opportunities and Poverty Awareness Fair on October 15-17. The theme of this year's Fair will be: Article 25 of the Declaration of Human Rights that poverty is a human rights issue, and the power of music in creating social change. We're calling the Fair Senzeni NA, as it is reflective of the Fair's mission: as in "What have we done" ...to cause poverty? ...to help those in need? ...and LOOK what we have done! The Fair is held annually to connect volunteers with nonprofits and to raise awareness of poverty.
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Zulu for "What have we done?" |
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!
For more information, please click here!
NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHTS:
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.
New Common CENTS Programs - We call them Common CENTS because it just makes sense to work together:
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!
OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
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 a speaker?
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.
2 Cent Grant Funding:
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.
Pennies for Poverty Program Funding:
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.