The $1,000.00 Post (New York City Changepot)

Hey all! Just wanted to update my little gather corner here by saying we passed the total of found change to over $1,000.00 today!! When I wrote my article here on gather, I was at about $975.00. We were able to pass this amount today by selling the last of the silver coins we'd found sticking out of a muddy trench here by Joggers' Park in Staten Island and we'd walked around alot. Here is my blog entry from my Changepot blog :)

Today is a special day indeed here at the changepot! We broke $1,000.00 in found money!!! Sure we are maximizing the benefits by selling the found silver coins and broken jewelry in addition to the money but the fact that we were able to surpass the thousand dollar mark is incredible! Here is today's finds along with location :

$0.13 found at work (around the mess hall)
$0.10 found right by foot when we parked our vehicle at the mall
$0.10 found outside of KidsWorld
$6.00 (a five and a one dollar bill) crumpled up inside a receipt from Spencer's gift store outside mall
$0.12 found all over the mall (stores)
$0.35 found in food court (Wendy's, Cinnabon)
$0.25 in parking lot outside Stop N Shop
$0.05 given to us for using our own recyclable bags

Our Yanks won today thanks to Johnny Damon (we knew you could do it JoDa!) I'm pretty happy... so happy, in fact, I think i'll celebrate by calling forth a meeting of the thousandaires (my family) to discuss a reward for our noble efforts :) From now on, i'm posting the side totals to reflect the entire changepot balance (it looks so much prettier that way :) )

Update: I think my meeting will have to wait until tomorrow-- my daughters are both knocked out on the couch after all that walking (changehunting). I'm still soo happy!!

Right now we stand at $1,003.79-- in less than three years. I think what started as a social experiment in school has now educated my children to the point of respecting the lonely penny and turned them on to the idea of the power of saving. Now to encourage all of you!!  What would you do if you had that $1,000.00? How/Where would you invest it? I will read all ideas and pick the best one to start a new changepot chapter-- the investment years :)