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About Proudly Pennies

Proudly Pennies is a student-led initiative that seeks to collect 1 billion pennies, the equivalent to $10 million. It will be a significant contribution to the Proudly Cincinnati campaign. Click here for the Proudly Pennies Mission Statement.

Proudly Pennies is spearheaded by the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Student Government and supported by UC students. It is their way of taking ownership of the Proudly Cincinnati campaign. University of Cincinnati students will partner with the University President, Gregory H. Williams, to determine the best use for the funds generated by Proudly Pennies.

Throughout the campaign, all students will be invited to donate pennies online or via each college's Web site. Online gifts to Proudly Pennies require a minimum donation of $10 or 1,000 pennies. Contributors can also physically drop off their pennies in the Dean’s offices of their respective colleges.

In addition to mobilizing the student body, the UC Student Government aims to inspire all potential contributors to donate their spare pennies to the Proudly Pennies effort. Alumni, faculty, staff, local businesses and the Greater Cincinnati community are encouraged to donate to the campaign.    

• Click here to support the individual colleges' Proudly Pennies efforts
  
  
• Click here to give to Proudly Pennies without specifying a college
  
  
• Click here for even more fun penny facts!

Credit: US Mint image

1 billion pennies could:

Fill 5 school buses; Cover 89.7 acres of land; Weigh 3,125 tons; Form a stack almost 1,000 miles high; Is nearly enough for one penny per person in China; Account for 3.2 pennies for every American.