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A Half Mile Of Pennies Appeal

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Co-ordin8 students and staff have recently been seeing if they can put together a half a mile of pennies at The Coverdale Hall, Paignton Parish Church. Following the appeal, coppers were collected, tables were set out and lines of pennies were painstakingly placed in line. All hands were on deck to help as over 5,000 individual coins had to be set out.

Shane Robinson, tutor with Co-ordin8 said: ‘A grand total of an eighth of a mile was achieved, which was not quite as far as the target but non the less the effort was amazing and was of benefit not only as a fund raiser but also a fun exercise in counting, measuring, maintaining and improving dexterity and fine motor skills.

“When tallied up this amounted to over £200!

“So a big thank you for all of the kind support from local students, parents, carers, friends and the public in donating their spare coppers to help make this such a fantastic event. All of our service users will directly benefit from all the monies raised as it will be used to purchase new materials and equipment for their sessions.’

  • two men putting pennies in a bottle
    Brian and Stephen gather up the coins that have been generously donated!
  • a man pouring the bottle of pennies into a bucket
    Shane has to lift the bottle of pennies as it was too heavy for anyone else!
  • People sitting at tables ready to count their pennies
    Tables lined up, pennies shared out and everyone ready to go!
  • People are counting pennies
    Action!
  • rows of pennies on striped paper
    Striped wall paper helped tp keep things on the right tracks!
  • people inspecting the dates on the coins that are lined up
    Some coin dates proved interesting and with so many coins we had to add another layer of paper.
  • people at the tables have counted their pennies
    Phew, we got there in the end! We raised over £200 on the big count-up.
  • Rows and rows of coins
    Coins, coins, coins!
  • a person holding a piece of what looks like chocolate cake
    And celebrated with some Red Nose Day Cakes that Jenny’s group had made.
  • An eighth of a mile of pennies were lined up in all. ( £200 approx.)
  • a number of cakes on a table with coins in jar
    Money was raised for Red Nose Day too from the sale of Cakes.

Pictured: Staff and Students at Co-ordin8 put together a half mile of pennies at Paignton Parish Church during the afternoon of Friday 15th March.

Co-ordin8 is a charity providing a range of meaningful activities for people with learning disabilities. Places on various sessions are available. For more information contact: co-ordin84action@hotmail.com or call: 07548943294

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BA (Hons.)
Qualified Teacher and Assessor.
Former tutor at St.Loyes College for the disabled.

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