Priceless Treasure

Recently, a friend of mine spoke about hosting a Gold Rush Party. This is where you bring all your out dated, broken pieces of jewelry made of gold and platinum that you are no longer wearing. A few “experts” look at each piece, assign it a value and write you a check. Most, if not all, of what is collected will be melted down.

This jewelry is just sitting there in your home, maybe in a jewelry box, or a drawer. The years have gone by and it is still just minding its own business and probably wondering if it will ever see the light of day - waiting. Along comes an opportunity to actually do something with all this jewelry!

The same can be said for spare change. Most of us have it. Some have it in jars, on the top of their dryer's, in the bottom of their pocket books, or on the floor of their cars. Like the jewelry it is waiting for the opportunity to be of use. Some of us will gather it up and turn it in, maybe for something we want or need, but for most of us it sits there - waiting.

Just Like the Gold Rush Party, Gathering Change, Inc., is offering an opportunity to assign a value to your spare change. Once it is put through a change counter you will know its exact worth. It will then be distributed back to the city/town it came from. Unlike turning in your jewelry, you will not receive a check, but what you will receive is knowing that you turned your unused spare change into a treasure for a neighbor in need.

Dorothy Goodwin