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Turning loose change into hope
Saving loose change is something I learned as a child. Back then, loose change didn’t come around very often, because we were “poor folks”-literally! But all seven of us learned, from Mother and Daddy, that every penny was important, because they added up. My husband was raised with the same attitude, so it was natural for us both to save our loose change. Occasionally, I have had to wrap mine and turn it in at the bank, in order to have lunch money. Sometimes, I have given some of it to the grandkids. Most of the time, I try to carry at least five dollars in loose change in a pocket of my jeans; that way, I know I can buy something small, at least, if I need to do so! My husband carries some change with him, but all of his pennies go into a gallon water jug that is on his side of the bed. I’m not sure how full it is now, but he keeps putting pennies into it on a regular basis.
Even pennies add up, to dollars and more. At one time, I rolled over fifty dollars worth of pennies that we had saved. Neither of us will spend change if we have any other money to use. I used to work with a man who hated pennies; he would “skip” them over the parking lot where we both sold cars. He usually somehow had a handful or more, most days that he worked. I would pick them up and put them in my pockets; he didn’t care whether they were picked up or not; he just wanted to get rid of them. At least once a day, on days that he worked, I would find at least two to ten pennies on the lot!
A lot of good things can come from saving change. The Jerry Lewis Telethon is an excellent example. A lot of the money given during the telethon is from change that people (many of them children) have saved just for the telethon drive. And all of us are aware that the telethon collects hundreds of thousands of dollars each year! The result is truly “turning loose change into hope”, because all that money gives hope to the people who fight the problems related to muscular dystrophy, that a cure will one day be discovered. So if you don’t have any other use for your change, you can always donate it during the telethon!
Sometimes loose change can make the difference between eating or not. I have had to use my change, at times, in order to have something to eat. Not very often, I admit. But there are people who go to bed (many, on the streets) hungry because they have no loose change-or any change! And no job or chance of getting either a job or change. So they are thrilled when someone gives them a little money, even if it is just a few cents; that means they might be able to buy a small package of crackers or bread to eat that day!
Hope is something each of us needs to have. We can give others hope by sharing our good fortune with them. The next time you see someone sitting on the sidewalk, with a hand out or a cup beside them, looking as if they don’t have a friend in the world, think about your good fortune, and share something with them. Give them hope; drop your loose change in their cup and give them a genuine smile. Let them know that, at least for the moment, someone cares! You will benefit from it by feeling that you have done someone a good turn; the recipient will benefit by having a few cents to get something to eat! And society will benefit, if enough people care. You won’t miss that few cents, but that may be all the money that person gets that day!