Camden Rockport Middle School raises record funds for PAWS
Left to right: Madilynn Lusca, Thomas Kunkel, George Johns, Adassa Palmer, Allison Parker, PAWS staff; Casey Belcher; Jaime Stone, CRMS Principal; Reverie Dyer; Gretchen Kuhn, CRMS Nurse; Nikole Seeger, CRMS Assistant Principal, Layla Novacek, Aria Madeira; and Gwendolyn Hudson, PAWS staff (Photo by Marsha Norwood)
U.S. One-cent. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia).
Left to right: Madilynn Lusca, Thomas Kunkel, George Johns, Adassa Palmer, Allison Parker, PAWS staff; Casey Belcher; Jaime Stone, CRMS Principal; Reverie Dyer; Gretchen Kuhn, CRMS Nurse; Nikole Seeger, CRMS Assistant Principal, Layla Novacek, Aria Madeira; and Gwendolyn Hudson, PAWS staff (Photo by Marsha Norwood)
U.S. One-cent. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia).
But the giving didn't stop there. In addition to the impressive monetary donation, CRMS students also collected heaps of food for the local food pantry. The items collected will go a long way in helping to provide much-needed meals to families in the community who are facing food insecurity.
The one-cent coin that we call a penny or pennies is 231 years old. It was first minted in 1793.
The Lincoln cent is the current one-cent coin of the U.S. It was adopted in 1909 (which would have been Lincoln's 100th birthday).
There are more one-cent coins produced than any other denomination.
Wikipedia explains it this way, and you can read all about pennies here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20is%200.75%20inches,The%20U.S.
The coin is 0.75 inches (19.05 mm) in diameter and 0.0598 inches (1.52 mm) in thickness. The current copper-plated zinc cent issued since 1982 weighs 2.5 grams or 0.0882 ounces while the previous 95% copper cent still found in circulation weighed 3.11 grams or, .11 ounces.
$911.57 was the amount donated to PAWS. That’s 91,157 pennies or roughly 512 pounds. I didn’t do the math, but found a program online that converts pennies to pounds. Still, 512 pounds is good enough for any strong man competition.
On December 14, 2006, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, criminalized the melting of pennies.
To type the cent sign (¢) on a computer, hold down the Alt key and type 0162 on the number keys with NumLock turned on. Release the Alt key to add the cent symbol to your document.
Zinc, a major component of U.S. cents minted after mid-1982, is toxic in large quantities.
Coins are the most commonly ingested foreign body in children.
The ingestion of pennies minted after 1982, is commonly fatal in dogs where it causes a severe hemolytic anemia.
As the school year comes to a close, the students at CRMS can look back on Spirit Week with pride, knowing that they have made a real difference in the lives of others.
