charity – BBW Magazine https://www.bbwmagazine.com The Power of Plus Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.21 72207187 Loose Change https://www.bbwmagazine.com/2015/03/08/loose-change/ https://www.bbwmagazine.com/2015/03/08/loose-change/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:00:17 +0000 https://www.bbwmagazine.com/?p=345 While tackling spring cleaning this year, chances are that – among the dust bunnies and gum wrappers – you’ll find an assortment of quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies under the couch cushions, in unused purses and in the pockets of your winter coats. You may also have a jar, basket or other container where you throw your loose change.

If you’re like most Americans, that collection of nickels and dimes adds up. According to Coinstar, a company that makes self-service coin counting machines found in many supermarkets, an estimated $10 billion worth of loose change is effectively out of circulation because it is accumulating in homes throughout the U.S.

What to do with your windfall? Sara Harrington, a retail store manager in Des Moines, Iowa, says that she used last year’s accumulation of $45 to treat herself and a friend to lunch and a movie. Helen Brooks, a production coordinator, saves her change to use for gambling money on her annual trip to Las Vegas, Nev. Sharon Dearborn of Orlando shares the wealth: after cashing in her accumulation of change, she donates the proceeds to her favorite charity.

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