Create Change with Change

by Eric Byington, Mobilization Manager

A few months ago we held our first ever Day of Change.  In one day, we collected over $1,000 in people´s pocket change from all over the country.  Pocket change will provide shelter and opportunity to three Afghan women in need for an entire year: simple actions producing incredible impact.

This Friday, September 30th, is our 2nd Day of Change.  This is your chance to get involved, collect change and make a difference.

We deal with change every day.  Whether you´re buying a cup of coffee, feeding the parking meter or buying your weekly groceries, change is a part of our financial transactions.  When the cashier at the local coffee shop hands me my 27 cents in change, I mindlessly slip it into my pocket only to find it later when I return home.  It’s an automated process for me and I hardly give the coins a second thought.

But my pocket change took on a new meaning when I saw the impact from a collection effort bringing their change together.

That dime you find under your couch cushion and the change that rattles in your pocket are more than a small sum; they represent shelter and opportunity. When you, and the many others around the country who participate in the Bringing Change to Women Campaign, collectively gather your pocket change, those dimes and quarters and nickels and pennies become sheltered time for a woman in need in Afghanistan.  

$26 will protect a woman for a month at a shelter through Women for Afghan Women.  Just $312 will keep her protected for a whole year. Consider this as you deal with your day-to-day pocket change and join us on our upcoming Day of Change as we collect our coins in an effort to bring protection and opportunities to women in Afghanistan who face incredible adversity.  

As the next Day of Change approaches – this Friday - I challenge you to shift your view of the coins you deal with every day.  Start putting those coins in a container.  And tell us about your work.

Have you started your collection jar?

A few months ago we held our first ever Day of Change.  In one day, we collected over $1,000 in people´s pocket change from all over the country.  Pocket change will provide shelter and opportunity to three Afghan women in need for an entire year: simple actions producing incredible impact.

This Friday, September 30th, is our 2nd Day of Change.  This is your chance to get involved, collect change and make a difference.

We deal with change every day.  Whether you´re buying a cup of coffee, feeding the parking meter or buying your weekly groceries, change is a part of our financial transactions.  When the cashier at the local coffee shop hands me my 27 cents in change, I mindlessly slip it into my pocket only to find it later when I return home.  It’s an automated process for me and I hardly give the coins a second thought.

But my pocket change took on a new meaning when I saw the impact from a collection effort bringing their change together.

That dime you find under your couch cushion and the change that rattles in your pocket are more than a small sum; they represent shelter and opportunity. When you, and the many others around the country who participate in the Bringing Change to Women Campaign (LINK), collectively gather your pocket change, those dimes and quarters and nickels and pennies become sheltered time for a woman in need in Afghanistan.  

$26 will protect a woman for a month at a shelter through Women for Afghan Women.  Just $312 will keep her protected for a whole year. Consider this as you deal with your day-to-day pocket change and join us on our upcoming Day of Change as we collect our coins in an effort to bring protection and opportunities to women in Afghanistan who face incredible adversity.  

As the next Day of Change approaches – this Friday - I challenge you to shift your view of the coins you deal with every day.  Start putting those coins in a container.  And tell us about your work.

Have you started your collection jar?