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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 10:30 AM
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61. Some more background on the 672 cereals guy
Edited on Sun Sep-12-10 10:31 AM by noamnety
The first penny he picked up, he sold for $10 as an initial fundraiser. He cashed that in for pennies.

100 pennies were sent out to artists to turn into art postcards. Eventually that art will be sold and the proceeds used to buy more donations for foodbanks. Here's an example of one of the cards from the gallery (http://www.pennyexperiment.com/penny-art-gallery):



Here's a photo of him getting ready to make a delivery:
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