Christines Hope For Kids

What good is a penny these days? Well, through our Pennies from Heaven Program, those pennies can add up and help a lot of children in need.

Here’s how it works:

In elementary schools around the country we are placing large water cooler jars for the kids to fill with pennies. One penny, two pennies, ten pennies…it doesn’t matter. Each penny is a valued donation, and each penny can help.

At the end of the year we will count up all the pennies in the jar, and then Christine’s Hope for Kids Foundation will match that amount.

Then, we will give the kids the option to vote on where they want that money to go. It’s kids helping kids, and learning the value of giving…one penny at a time.

Want to start a Pennies from Heaven campaign in your school? Send us an e-mail and we’ll help make it happen.

The Moms Team Up For The Kids

Christine Gianacaci and Stephanie Crispinelli went to Jamaica last year with Food for the Poor during their J-term semester. It was a life changing experience. So this year they went to Haiti where they were roommates, together doing the work they so loved, helping the children.

Now the Moms are teaming up with the “Pennies from Heaven” campaign. Each working in their schools in their home states Jean Gianacaci in New Jersey and Lin Crispinelli in New York. The money raised will help kids and teach kids they too can make a difference.

The money raised by Jean Gianacaci will benefit Christine’s Hope for Kids Foundation, the money raised by Lin Crispinelli will benefit Stephanie's Mission. Each foundation directly helps impacts the lives of the children it serves.