An armored truck packed with money visited Morey Middle School, last week, to conclude the Pennies for Peace Spare Change Drive at Denver Public Schools. Now, the totals are in thanks to Young Americans Bank which offered to count the change. The total amount collected from more than 60 DPS schools and offices was $5,437.14.

Pennies for Peace was coordinated by the DPS Department of Community Education, which includes Kaleidoscope Corner Child Care, Denver Community School, and the Beacon Neighborhood Center and 21st Century Community Learning Center programs.

Here is the amount raised at each of the top sixteen collection sites:

The funds will support the American Red Cross in their efforts to help families who were impacted by the September 11 tragedies.

Special thanks to Deep Rock Water for providing the blue collection containers, Loomis Fargo for transporting the money, and staff at Young Americans Bank for spending four hours counting all the change including 11,000 pennies.