1.5 Million Penny Project
BEANS has undertaken a highly ambitious project, “The 1.5 Million Penny Project,” for which we are collecting 1.5 million pennies to represent the 1.5 million children murdered in The Holocaust. 1.5 million pennies is 15,000 dollars, money that we will donate to the Children’s Wing in the new Holocaust Museum in Skokie. Currently, we have roughly 150,000 pennies or 1,500 dollars. But we still have a long way to go, so if you have any pennies, there are collection jars all around the synagogue, and we would appreciate any help we can get! If you have any questions, feel free to ask any member of the executive board!