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<i>The children of Groton and Dunstable, Mass., had painstakingly collected and counted pennies for months — a shiny coin to represent each of the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust.
Then a school custodian allegedly stole 120,000 pennies from the coffee cans and water jugs where they were stored.
That act, discovered last week, unleashed a flood of goodwill. People flocked to the Groton-Dunstable Middle School on foot, by armored truck, even on a motorcycle, bearing pennies. By Thursday, the kids had their 1.5 million coins.
"The generosity of the people is unbelievable," says Beth Raucci, the school's principal. "This week was a lesson of give and take. Someone took from us, but more people gave...</i> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-21-school-pennies_x.htm">Entire Article</a>
Then a school custodian allegedly stole 120,000 pennies from the coffee cans and water jugs where they were stored.
That act, discovered last week, unleashed a flood of goodwill. People flocked to the Groton-Dunstable Middle School on foot, by armored truck, even on a motorcycle, bearing pennies. By Thursday, the kids had their 1.5 million coins.
"The generosity of the people is unbelievable," says Beth Raucci, the school's principal. "This week was a lesson of give and take. Someone took from us, but more people gave...</i> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-21-school-pennies_x.htm">Entire Article</a>
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