Pennies for Paraguay Update!

As many of you already know, though I'm not sure how much I've said about it on this blog, I will be heading to Lambare, Paraguay in January to teach ESL at New Horizon Methodist School. 

I am going as a missionary through Latin America Mission and will not be receiving any salary, which means I will need to raise funds for my plane ticket, housing, and living expenses. I have not received the actual numbers yet, but I have made a rough estimate of $10,000 for the entire year, including airfare.

One of the ways I have started fundraising has been collecting loose change from friends, as well as saving all of my own change. I ending up putting all of my pennies in a separate piggy bank to help me keep my vision in focus: Pennies for Paraguay.

I recently filled up said piggy bank, and posted this picture on Facebook and Instagram for my friends to guess how many pennies were inside. Apparently no one on Instagram took me seriously, because they all just "liked" my photo instead of guessing, I did however get a few guesses on Facebook. :)

So, without further ado, the grand total of pennies in the Pennies for Paraguay Pig was.... 763! :D

The winner of the Penny Guess was my good friend Tara Olinger, who guessed 775!

Her guess would not have been possible without the mad math skills of Buddy Stark, who came in second place at 888.

Honorable Mentions:

Sierra Navarro 1,286

Josh Griffes 1,991

A big thanks to Jessica Manning who donated 338 of those pennies along with other change. :)

This brings my fundraising grand total to:

Plane Ticket: $361.93

Mission Support: $225

TOTAL: $586.93

If you are interested in donating any Pennies for Paraguay, you may do so online in two different ways!

For donations directly towards my support raising go to my LAM missionary page and click "Support this Missionary." 

For donations towards my airfare you may visit PayPal* and send money to me using my email address: clancast@olivet.edu 
(*Using PayPal may cost you a small fee in addition to a donation. You will also not get a tax deductible receipt.)

If you are interested in donating by other means, please contact me or stay tuned for an upcoming blog post with more details!

Thank you all for your prayers and support! I will keep you updated as I continue this journey!

Hasta luego! 

Cassidy :)