I remember as a kid writing an essay for the "Every Penny Counts" contest hosted by a local bank. We wrote essays about saving money and focused on the fact that even something as trivial as a few pennies can quickly add up to be a lot. The older I get the more I believe this to be true. My husband and I keep a piggy bank in which we toss all of our spare change. In January Chris and I opened the pig to find a couple hundred dollars! A spontaneous trip to Disney World soon followed. A few months of spare change turned into a memorable weekend in the happiest place on earth.
The point is... every penny really counts. Even if you can only donate $5 to the fight against breast cancer- it is enough. Your $5 will help make a difference in someone's life. Your $5 might go to teach a woman about self-exams. It might become research supplies used to find the cure. Your $5 might go to treatment, helping someone to win the fight against cancer.
So, even if you are on a seminarian's budget it is possible to make a difference. Every penny truly counts. I encourage you to start your own piggy bank of spare change. Toss your change into it and in a few months see how it adds up. Perhaps tie a pink ribbon around a jar and throw change into that. At the end of a month donate what you've saved to the fight for the cure. Every penny counts... especially when it comes to saving lives.
Casey
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so i have a jar full of change that i do not want to move 1/2 way across the country. i was going to buy coffee or ben & jerry's with it, but when i get the darn thing to one of those machines that counts money for you (do you know where one is?), no matter how much it is it's yours. there. now i've said it ... just need to get on it! :)
Harris Teeter has one of those machines - we made a stop there on our way down to Florida. Let me know what I can do to help you guys out with the move!
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