GIVING BY THE JAR

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: December 17, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-17-2006

GIVING BY THE JAR -- Where spare change grows into a boost for the needy
By MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER
Date: 12-17-2006, Sunday
Section: LIVING
Edtion: All Editions

Every morning in North Jersey, a man walks into a convenience store and buys a pack of cigarettes, or a cup of coffee, or maybe even a copy of the newspaper you are holding.

He pays with a one-dollar bill, or a five-dollar bill, maybe even a ten or a twenty.

The cashier rings him up, hands him change.

So where does the loose change go?

Does it vanish into the folds of ...

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