Annual UHS Delaware Valley Hospital Pennies from Heaven fundraiser a success!

The annual UHS Delaware Valley Hospital fundraiser, Pennies from Heaven was held at Townsend Elementary School, in Walton and for the first time this year, Hancock Central School, during the month of February.

For over 25 years, students have been bringing in pennies they saved all year for the fundraiser. The change is brought in envelopes, baggies and boxes and even large plastic milk jugs and containers! This community project is always a lot of fun and a friendly competition between classrooms as they compete for a pizza party that goes to the classroom that collects the most pounds of pennies.

This year, Mrs. Wagner's first grade class won! All together, the students collected 937.5 pounds of pennies, raising $1,664.37 which will be used to help fund programs at the hospital.