 | Habitat for Humanity Seaway Valley will collect ten million pennies to build a home for another low-income family in The Seaway Valley. Ten million pennies equates to $100,000 - the cost of the materials required to build a home for a low-income local family. | |
Cornwall - April 9, 2012 - Habitat for Humanity Seaway Valley will collect ten million pennies to build a home for another low-income family in The Seaway Valley. Ten million pennies equates to $100,000 - the cost of the materials required to build a home for a low-income local family.
“With the federal government announcement that the penny will no longer be in production as of this fall, we’re calling on all community members to donate pennies they collect in their offices, schools, and pockets, so more low-income Canadian families can receive the hand up of a home they can afford,” said Leigh Taggart, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity Seaway Valley.
Habitat for Humanity Seaway Valley will be collecting pennies at their affiliate office and ReStore, located in Bonville on Hwy 138.
“Ten million pennies will form a six foot, by six foot, by six foot cube, will weigh 55,000 lbs, and if the pennies were stacked one on top of the other they would reach 15.8 kilometers high. Facilitating a fundraiser like this will be a ton of work, actually 25 tons, but if it will mean that another low-income family will access affordable homeownership, it will be more than worth it,” said Taggart.
Part of a national initiative, Habitat for Humanity affiliates and ReStores across Canada will be accepting donated pennies with the ultimate goal of collecting 690 million, enough so that each of the 69 Habitat affiliates in Canada can build one more home.
In Canada, Habitat has given the hand up of affordable homeownership to over 2,000 families. Habitat homes are sold to low-income families though interest free mortgages with no down-payment required, allowing families to break the cycle of poverty.
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