There's something wonderful going on in Fort Scott. People are coming together as a community to do something extraordinary, and they're bringing their pennies!

The Youth Activities Team (YAT) is having a penny drive to revamp Ellis Park. This is such an outstanding idea! Everyone can donate to the cause. We all have pennies that just lie around, whether they're in our couch cushions, sitting in the change jar, rolling around your car and wherever else you may stash them that could be donated for this project.

Last night my youngest daughter was searching through my purse looking for pennies. Between the bottom of my purse, the couch, the penny jar and the car, she came up with about 60 pennies. I asked her why she was so adamant about finding pennies and she said, "Mom, when I grow up I can tell my kids that I helped build the park". What a smart answer! I thought for sure she would say something about Guinness Book of World Records and how she wanted to be in on that, but she didn't and I am proud of her answer. Both of my girls have told me to get their allowances in pennies so that they can donate them to this project. I have agreed whole-heartedly!

This is such a huge community (and even better, youth) project. The kids are soooooo excited to be a part of it and I think the outcome will be magnificent, and for an added bonus, we're going to break the Guinness Book of World Records record holder.... you just can't get any better than that!