23 Mar 2007
Local non-profit agencies benefit from students’ fundraising efforts
DALLAS—Dallas Independent School District students and district staff announced today the recipients of more than $54,000 collected during the Common Cents campaign at the Communities Foundation of Texas, 5500 Caruth Haven Lane.
Common Cents is a student-led coin collection effort designed to raise money for charity and non-profit organizations while encouraging good citizenship and social responsibility in schoolchildren. Students from 58 Dallas ISD elementary, middle and high schools will make presentations to 38 local non-profit organizations in Dallas County.
The idea for Common Cents was brought to the district by Dallas philanthropist Louise Gartner in an effort to empower children to make a difference in their community. Overall, the students have collected more than $314,000 in coins since they started the fund raising efforts nine years ago.
The organization recipients and amounts are:
|
Organization |
Total check amount |
|---|---|
|
American Diabetes Association |
$763.50 |
|
American Red Cross |
$4,864.68 |
|
Buckner Foundation |
$1,756.69 |
|
Camp Summit |
$400.00 |
|
Child Abuse Prevention Center |
$2,750.00 |
|
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
$1,000.00 |
|
Dallas CASA |
$3,030.00 |
|
Dallas Children’s Advocacy |
$1,780.29 |
|
Downtown Pregnancy Center |
$300.00 |
|
Family Gateway |
$1,391.51 |
|
Genesis Women’s Shelter |
$1,000.00 |
|
Girls Inc. |
$637.35 |
|
Grace Unlimited |
$1,084.25 |
|
Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc. |
$2,078.50 |
|
Humane Society of Dallas Co.-Dog & Kitty City |
$1,100.00 |
|
Hope Cottage |
$1,000.00 |
|
Jeffries Street Learning Center |
$2,242.69 |
|
Jonathan's Place |
$250.00 |
|
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation-Dallas |
$1,539.27 |
|
Kittico Cat Rescue |
$1,100.00 |
|
Learning for Life |
$200.00 |
|
National Kidney Foundation |
$2,380.28 |
|
Navidad en el Barrio |
$763.50 |
|
MADD |
$1,780.28 |
|
Project Still I Rise, Inc. |
$1,186.45 |
|
Promise House |
$6,271.89 |
|
Reading and Radio Resources |
$250.00 |
|
Ronald McDonald House |
$250.00 |
|
Salvation Army |
$430.50 |
|
Sierra Club-Dallas Inner City Outings |
$1,276.81 |
|
SPCA |
$2,487.00 |
|
Texas Heat |
$550.00 |
|
The Stewpot |
$539.27 |
|
The Family Place |
$2,355.86 |
|
The Leukemia Lymphoma Society |
$726.00 |
|
Todd Sheldon Fund |
$1,588.94 |
|
Vision Regeneration |
$301.37 |
|
Vogel Alcove |
$1,355.48 |
|
|
$54,762.36 |