Who do I donate my change to?

[Sooner or later]

I have been saving all of my change for a couple of years. Needless to say, I have quite a pile.

Last night on the local news they had a story about the local NAACP donating $1250.

I thought to myself that I might have close to that in my change buckets.

So, this morning I sorted out and counted all of the quarters and made an estimate on the pennies, nickels, and dimes.

I didn't have quite as much as I thought. $647.50 in quarters and about $150 in the smaller change. Almost $800.

The local bank has.some other organization that is matching any cash donation, so my pocket change could amount to $1600.

Any other suggestions on who should get my two pots of non precious metal?

[Sooner or later]

[Baz]

The only deserving entity on the planet are the animals.

Give to your local animal shelter/humane society.

[Ayles]

Nice haul, I used save a ton of change but the last couple years my cash usage is down to almost zero.

I’d roll it, deposit and then you can donate to anyone you want.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by Ayles

Nice haul, I used save a ton of change but the last couple years my cash usage is down to almost zero.

I’d roll it, deposit and then you can donate to anyone you want.

I ain't rolling it.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by Baz

The only deserving entity on the planet are the animals.

Give to your local animal shelter/humane society.

Lovely idea - I agree!

[wildthing]

Coinstar turns them into gift cards... if there's one close to you.

[KFC911]

I used to accumulate change and my CU had a convienent, free coin counter in the lobby....a few times, I had 12-1500 in FREE $ . Not convenient any more, so I don't do that. If you have a long time association with your bank or CU, mebbe ask them to run it through their counter? I think Coinstar takes nice %....for them....I won't do that...just because .

I used to donate to my "blow the hell out of it" fund ....

A charity is an awesome idea too though

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by KC911

I used to accumulate change and my CU had a convienent, free coin counter in the lobby....a few times, I had 12-1500 in FREE $ . Not convenient any more, so I don't do that. If you have a long time association with your bank or CU, mebbe ask them to run it through their counter? I think Coinstar takes nice %....for them....I won't do that...just because .

I used to donate to my "blow the hell out of it" fund ....

A charity is an awesome idea too though

I will call my bank on Monday and see if they will run it. If they will I will get a cashier's check to whomever I decide to get the donation.

[KFC911]

I will PM you my address .

Good luck!

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by KC911

I will PM you my address .

Good luck!

You are in the running. One position above the IRS.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Baz

The only deserving entity on the planet are the animals.

Give to your local animal shelter/humane society.

Another vote for this...be sure it's local, not the one that advertises on TV.

(edit) Here's the one Cindy & I support. There should be a counterpart near where you live:

https://safehavenhumane.org/

[Sooner or later]

I need to learn how to count. I will blame it on the dogs jumping through the mountain of change.

I called the bank and they said to bring it in. I wanted a cashiers check which was a $10 fee. They waived the fee. Cashier check has to be $1000 so I made up the difference to get to a $1000.

I had:

$731.75 in quarters
$232.08 in other change
$963.83 Total

It was a tough choice, but I ended up giving it to the local Food Bank. Mostly because they get a match from a local non profit foundation. Basically, they got 2 grand from my spare change.

[craigster59]

My credit union (First Entertainment) has a change counter in the lobby. Coinstar takes 10%, but my credit union only takes 5% and if you have an account for your kid who's under 18 y.o. they deposit the full amount in their savings account for free.

[stevej37]

coinstar every time for me

[KFC911]

What's Coinstar's %? No way I'm giving them over a hundred bucks for what the bank/CU does for free.

I'm glad you didn't send it to me SOL....I couldn't sleep at night knowing someone else needed it more than I do.....poor Ol' Uncle Sam !

Awesome whatcha did

[Sooner or later]

Thanks, KC.

[RKDinOKC]

Credit Union has a coin counter that spits out a deposit slip.

[bob deluke]

Agree with Baz. Our covid-19 checks are going to local humane society groups, restaurants and food banks.