PROJECTS

This year, local elementary students collected $5200 in pennies and presented their contributions to the following organizations:

Resurrection Catholic Elementary School raised $1,327.41
Granted to: Homeboy Industries

Sheridan Elementary raised $1,506.63

Grant recipients:
Concept 7 Foster Family Services ($750)
Unification of Disabled Latin Americans ($756.63)

Griffin Avenue Elementary School raised $1,424
Grant recipients:
Los Angeles Animal Services ($356)
USC Norris Cancer Center ($356)
LA Family Housing ($356 for shelter) ($356 for food bank)

Murchison Street Elementary School faised $1546.41
Grant recipients:
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles ($1,000)
Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA ($546.41)

Lou Dantzler Preparatory Elementary School raised $700
Grant recipients
Homeboy Industries ($350)
JFS Care ($350)

The USC Penny Harvest Leadership Academy empowers Los Angeles-area elementary school students to give back to their community and provides USC students– from USC Dornsife and USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism– with practical experience in civic engagement and nonprofit leadership.

The national Penny Harvest program engages K-8 students in youth philanthropy. Children in participating schools raise money, deliberate on how to spend their funds, develop service projects and ultimately present grant checks to the nonprofits of their choice.