FERGUS – Fergus resident Randy Vaine has been collecting pennies for several months – a campaign he calls Pennies for Poverty. With the penny out of circulation, they don’t do much but gather dust. Vaine has set up a table at Zehrs for three Saturdays and people dropped off their jars, cans, envelopes and bags of pennies. He collected more than $800 worth and recently dropped off $455 cheques to the Centre Wellington Food Bank and the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
Vaine drops off the cheque at the Fergus ReStore. Submitted photos
The campaign is still running. Anyone interested in donating pennies can contact Vaine at randyvaine@gmail.com.
