Jason Gruenauer is a Denver7 anchor and reporter
LITTLETON, Colo. — We could all learn something from the innocence of children. Their belief isn’t clouded by worry. Their imagination is unimpeded by doubt.That’s never been more clear than it was in Littleton, Colorado in the weeks after tragedy unfolded at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999.
“Everybody can do something. That's the story that these kids showed everyone else. That's what they showed me." Those young and old looked for a way to help. An elementary school student first had the idea: What if they donated the pennies to the high school?That renewed purpose became the “Pennies for HOPE” penny drive.‘It was all we could do’ Vinny Sonderby, who was in first grade at Columbine Hills in 1999, remembers going everywhere with a milk carton to collect pennies.
It became a movement. The sound of loose change jingling in pockets became familiar throughout the community, Sonderby said. People wanted to help.
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