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Coins for Change is an annual virtual charity that has allowed penguins to donate their virtually earned coins to various booths and stands placed in-game on Club Penguin Rewritten. Real money is then given to charities because of the virtual contribution.

History

2017

On December 10, it was announced that Coins for Change was cancelled, due to their Privacy Policy and US Fair Use of Education law. However, it was brought back on December 12, 2017, and the money was from their ads on the website.

One day later, they announced the charities they would donate to, and those charities would be Lumos, WWF, and Make a Wish Foundation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

2018

In Issue #84 of the Club Penguin Times, it was announced that Coins for Change would be returning for 2018. It began on December 14, 2018 and ended on December 27, 2018.

A grand total of 192,150,800 coins were donated. The final results were:

Build homes for children: 55,723,732 coins
Protect the Earth: 71,095,796 coins
Provide medical help: 65,331,272 coins

2019

2019's Coins for Change was first announced through a scrambled-word puzzle^[4] on December 4, 2019 as a list of upcoming content for December 2019.

Trivia

Coins for Change is started each year when Rockhopper arrives at the Club Penguin Island.
Several donation stations are scattered throughout the island. They're mostly located in main places like the Town.

Gallery

Logos

Donation Station

References

[1] ttps://twitter.com/CPRewritten/status/940965825615409152

[2] ttps://twitter.com/CPRewritten/status/940962543031541761

[3] ttps://twitter.com/CPRewritten/status/940955460731011073

[4] ttps://community.cprewritten.net/2019/12/04/whats-coming-in-december/

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 *Provide medical help: 65,331,272 coins
-===[[Coins for Change 2019|2019]]===
+=== [[Coins for Change 2019|2019]] ===
-Coins for Change 2019 was first confirmed through the [[Coins For Change Donation Station]] after 2018 concluded. It was later mentioned through a scrambled-word puzzle on December 4, 2019 in a list of upcoming content for December 2019 on the [[What's New Blog]].<ref>https://community.cprewritten.net/2019/12/04/whats-coming-in-december/</ref>
+'s Coins for Change was first announced through a scrambled-word puzzle<ref>https://community.cprewritten.net/2019/12/04/whats-coming-in-december/</ref> on December 4, 2019 as a list of upcoming content for December 2019.
 ==Trivia==
-*Coins for Change is started each year when [[Rockhopper]] arrives at the [[Club Penguin Island]].
+* Coins for Change is started each year when [[Rockhopper]] arrives at the [[Club Penguin Island]].
-*Several donation stations are scattered throughout the island. They're mostly located in main places like the [[Town]].
+* Several donation stations are scattered throughout the island. They're mostly located in main places like the [[Town]].
 ==Gallery==
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 ===Donation Station===
 <gallery>
-Coins for Change Donation Station.png|As seen at [[Christmas Parties (disambiguation)|Christmas Parties]].
+Coins for Change Donation Station.png|As seen at the [[Christmas Party 2017]]
 </gallery>