Change Is Good

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

One of the fun things about my job is getting to see all the creative ways people find to support EECM. I've blogged in the past about the dentist who saves gold fillings, a bank growing vegetables in a cemetery, and a volunteer who bought cots for the homeless shelter. Well here's another one.

Meet Don McNeill and Fannie Peczenik. This civic-minded couple lives in Oakland. Whenever they are out and about and encounter dropped change on the ground, they pick it up. Then they save it and donate it to us.

And I'm not just talking about pennies, either (although they do collect those). Recently, they found a twenty dollar bill on the ground and, instead of using it to splurge on pizza or a new DVD, it also went into the EECM collection pot. Their last donation totaled $41.50.

Don says that this year's harvest will begin as soon as the snow melts.

Many thanks for your creativity and commitment to East End Cooperative Ministry!