Copper and Gold

By Colt Antle

The Penny Stall is a popular and traditional money-maker for the Make A Wish week held at Pueblo County High School. Students can bring in pennies or buy rolls of pennies from DECA to give to their third hour teachers. 
The teachers then have to spend all their time counting all the pennies students have brought in, class cannot begin or continue until the teacher has finished counting all pennies. Some can take ten minutes while others can take up to two or three class periods. 
Junior, Regan Avila, “I am a part of DECA and really love helping the kids.” Avila went to her car and gathered all her change in order to contribute to a worthy cause. 
There are some teachers who don’t partake in the counting of pennies and just treat class as if it were a regular day. All that matters is that the money still goes to a worthy cause in the end.  



Online donations to Make-A-Wish Colorado can be made to wish.org/colorado.