Montana "Pennies for Peace"

From a 1990s promise to help build one foreign school and with no money for it, Greg Mortenson's dream finally came true when one US child opened his penny jar. That one boy's penny jar snowballed when more and more children and then their adults opened their penny jars. A year later, Greg had the money to build a school for kids who really had none. It took another year to actually start the first school because money was also needed for a walk bridge across a river. Greg and his people have now helped to construct over seventy schools.

From Pennies for Peace:
"Pennies for Peace educates children about the world beyond their experience and shows them that they can make a positive impact on a global scale, one penny at a time.

Our best hope for a peaceful and prosperous world lies in the education of all the world’s children. Through cross-cultural understanding and a solution-oriented approach, Pennies for Peace encourages children, ultimately our future leaders, to be active participants in the creation of global peace". For more click here.

NBMC Shelby
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