One Million Miracles

COTA’s One Million Miracles penny drive can turn pennies into a second chance at life for a child who needs a life-saving transplant.  YOU can make a difference.

It only takes a penny …

  • The United States Mint estimates there are more than 140,000,000,000 pennies in circulation today.  Most of them sit in jars on top of dressers, under car mats, behind couch cushions or in piggy banks.
  • Coinstar® states that $10,500,000,000 in loose change is just ‘sitting around’.
  • The world penny record was set in June 2005 by Edmond Knowles of Alabama who cashed in 1,308,459 pennies, which was more than 4.5 tons. It took his bank’s counting machine over seven hours to process the deposit. He stored the pennies in four 55-gallon and three 20-gallon oil barrels.
  • Approximately 30 million pennies per day (1,040 pennies every second) are produced.  Each year, the U.S. Mint produces more than 13 billion pennies.

Every penny raised through the One Million Miracles initiative goes to help COTA patients. 

 Join COTA to do something to save a child’s life, click here to Register your One Million Miracles activity.  You can help make miracles!

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Making Miracles:

“So many miracles occurred for us since our son’s and our daughter’s diagnosis and treatment -- including the amazing support COTA provided to our family and friends throughout community fundraising efforts. Matthew has received the miracle of new life and we wait for another miracle … this time for Kathryn.”

Marisa Southern, Mother of Matthew and Kathryn