Couple collects 32 million pennies for cancer care center - The Cancer Blog

Couple collects 32 million pennies for cancer care center - The Cancer Blog: "Couple collects 32 million pennies for cancer care center

Posted Dec 30th 2006 9:30AM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: All Cancers, Fundraisers, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer Survivors
How many of us value the worth of a penny?

Twenty years ago, Peter and Bette Pickstock, from a village in Sturdivant near Cheltenham, England, thought pennies might one day add up to make a difference and thus began the collection of pennies.

Two decades later, and 32 million pennies total (nearly $700,000 dollars), the couple recently donated the money to the Cobalt Appeal Fund in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, a cancer care center."