What could $27.46 do for a charity?

The Lincoln Penny Project started on July 12, 2009. It began as a solo project hunting for coins-loose change at a camp site at Baker Lake. The first day I found $.38-which is shown in the photo. It evolved into a family project, a family mission- a game for all of us. Think about the places that you go over a week, month or year. Think about the vacations, the hotels, the airports, and the baseball stadiums that you vist. Have you thought about the money that you have dropped out of your pocket or purse when pulling out your keys or paying for something over the last year? People accidentally and at times purposely drop money and leave it behind for others to find. We are finding that kind of money on a daily basis without much effort.

Each week we accumulate more and add to the money pot find. This gets us thinking about a rainy day fund and money for a special charity. The FoodLifeline of Western Washington receives donations to help feed the hungry. For every dollar, Food Lifeline provides five meals to hungry people. If we donated half of our findings, we could help feed 65 people.

This is our 109th finding day. We haven't searched for coins or blogged about all of our finds, but this is the total of our finds since July 12, 2009.

Grand total to date: $27.46