Richland Academy Contributes 195,000 Pennies to 70 Million Pennies Collected for Free the Children
Richland Academy was honoured to be one of three GTA guest schools invited to Free the Children’s "We Create Change” celebration on Monday February 4th. Richland Academy’s student ambassadors represented their school community and presented Craig Kielburger, founder of Free The Children, with 78 bags, each bag filled with 2,500 pennies - which are no longer being minted in Canada as of earlier this month.
The event also marked the start of Penny Drop-Off Week, a special week-long drive where...
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