Pennies for change in Montana and Central Asia
| February 8, 2008 |  View for printing |
When Betsy Baur heard philanthropist Greg Mortenson speak in September at Helena Middle School, she was inspired to be the driving force behind a local effort to help children.
The community-wide campaign to collect 10 million pennies — $100,000 — will run through February.
Half of the money will go toward a new Head Start building in the Helena Valley, and the rest will be for Mortenson’s organization, the Central Asia Institute http://www.ikat.org/ , which builds schools for children in remote regions of Central Asia.
“I was incredibly inspired when I heard him speak,” Baur said of Mortenson. “It was something concrete and positive I could do in the world. It really made sense.”
By ALANA LISTOE - Independent Record
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