Students at David Cameron Elementary school, in Colwood, are on the hunt for pennies.

After reading about Pennies for Presents in the Gazette, Erin Pugh teacher-librarian for the school decided to get involved. The school kicked off their fundraiser on Nov. 20.

“I see all the kids in the school and I knew we had enthusiastic students,” Pugh said. “Not every kids has a loonie, but every kid has access to a penny. It’s not a big sacrifice.”

About 10 Grade 6 volunteers have stepped up to the plate to help their school raise pennies by making school announcements, creating posters and dropping off buckets in the classrooms.

“You can find pennies everywhere,” said 11-year-old Carolina House. “I even found one in the washing machine.”

These students will be lurking for pennies and they won’t be leaving any stones or couch cushions unturned.“The weirdest place I found a penny was under my pillow,” said Alyssa Rahman, 11.

With pennies appearing in unlikely places the students said they will step up their game and start looking in even weirder places such as parking lots, closets, under couches and in junk drawers.

Although unique places can prove to be fruitful, some students are still sticking to traditional methods of finding these small, copper coins.

“I am going to check my wallet,” said Maddy Monnington, 11.

Filling the buckets at the school is not just a responsibility for the young. Students are also turing to their parents for help.

“Adults get a lot of pennies in their change,” said Monnington.

Rahman’s family has jars and piggy banks full of change and she said that her family as a whole would be donating their pennies to the cause.

In December the school will also be hosting a hot chocolate day. All of the hot chocolate and cups will be donated and each student will pay a dime for a cup at recess.

“That way all the money we raise will go to Pennies for Presents,” Pugh said.

All of the collected pennies will soon be turned into presents.

“I never believed that pennies could do so much,” House said. “The fact that all the pennies add up and to buy presents is pretty cool.”

Penny buckets will be placed in each of the 13 classrooms as well as in the main office. The school will be collecting pennies until Dec. 15.

All of the pennies collected will be passed to the Victoria Women’s Transition House, the Mustard Seed Food Bank and C-FAX radio’s Santas Anonymous.

Coins of any colour can be dropped off at the Goldstream News Gazette office, 117-777 Goldstream Ave. or downtown at Black Press, 818 Broughton St.

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