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

Here's my morning cup of joe!

The ordinary Jane might go to the local coffee barista and pick up an average cup of joe. It might mean that this person goes 15 minutes out of their way for their morning fix. It could also be that this person might go in the afternoon for a second run-which calculates to shelling out some dough. We all get a set amount of time in a day-and how we use that time is precious. Here's what I'm getting at. I don't like coffee and I'm not much of a time waster. The time that I waste really doesn't feel like lost time.

Our family recently got on the money finding kick. Here's the scoop.... Lost change, coins, bills are everywhere. We are not putting a lot of time into hunting, searching, looking...etc., but we are finding. It's amazing. It's not a lot of money, but it's still incredible to come across a find of any kind. Why do people throw their money away? We are baffled. Are you?

What would you do if you found lost change on your errands? Our plan is to keep some for a rainy day fund or Disney fund, but also give back to a charity of our choice. We have considered the backpack program for hungry kids, a food lifeline program through Washington State or to cancer research. Granted it's not a lot of money yet, but each week we add to the pot.

We are spending less than 15 minutes a day on our quest for the coin, and it's not everyday that we are able to search. This equates to $1.00 per hour.....Can we raise this hourly rate? How about averaging more than a quarter a day. Come back to see how we are doing. We welcome you!

Daily total find: $.85

Grand total to date:$26.37

106 finding days averages out to $.25 per day.

This could equate to $91.25 per year.