Pennies For Peace

My book club read Three Cups of Tea awhile back, it is about a man who started building schools in rural Afghanistan and Pakistan. To support his cause, their is a program for kids called Pennies for Peace. What a great program to teach kids about helping others globally and realizing even pennies can help change the world. I decided to implement the program to the kids in my moms group and had a bunch of kids over to my house last week to teach them about the program. Here are Amelia and Luke with their Pennies for Peace bottles. We will be collecting pennies all summer and then have a big penny party when school starts. I wondered if the kids understood the program and Amelia answered that question later in the day. We were at Rite Aid and she found a penny on the ground and was super excited! She said, "Look mom, a penny, a penny!" The elderly lady behind her said, "Ooh, a penny for good luck." Amelia said, "No, this penny is to help build schools in Afghanistan."