HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) Students at one Grand Strand high
school may never look at pennies in the same way again.
Carolina Forest High School started what they call the "6
Million Penny Project" to raise $60,000 in donations for the Holocaust Memorial
in Washington, D.C.
Drama teachers Pam Muise and Matt Ward came up with the
penny project idea while organizing the production of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" . The play, by
Celeste Raspanti, is based on a concentration camp survivor from Nazi Germany.
This camp held 15,000 children, but only about 100 survived.
The "6 Million Penny Project" is inspired by the 6 million
lives lost in concentration camps during WWII. The collection of all the
pennies will help the students see how immense 6 million of something truly is.
Carolina Forest High School is trying to get the support of
every school in the Horry County School District by having donation milk
cartons placed throughout all of the county's classrooms. The surrounding
community can also show their support by providing a donation over the phone
with Carolina Forest High School. Donations will be collected until the end of
the year.
For more information on the "6 Million Penny Project" you
can visit their Facebook page, 6 Million
Pennies.
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