Monday, December 31, 2007

Penny Harvest Field



We came across the Penny Harvest Field at Rockefeller Center yesterday.

Penny Harvests are run by an organisation called Common Cents. All the one cent pieces (pennies) that are collected are turned into grants for community organizations that help young people do good in their communities. It all grew out of the desire of 4 yr Nora Gross wanting to feed a homeless man in 1991.

As well as what must be millions of pennies, and many other types of coins, there were big dispensers filled with little brown bags for people to start their own collection. Have a look at http://www.commoncents.org/

Sunday, December 30, 2007

version 2.0


This is a test on barnettblog 2.0, some considerable time after barnettblog 1.0. On the left is a picture is of an old Mormon barn in The Teton National Park. It was taken in 2006. Below is a picture of Jackson Lane with the Tetons behind.