Coins for Change

Coins for Change is an annual virtual charity in Club Penguin Rewritten that encourages penguins to donate their coins to various booths and stands located around the island to three different causes. The resulting distribution determines which percentages of real money that selected charities would receive. It is usually held in December during Holiday Parties.

How It Works
Each year, there will be a set amount of real money that will be donated to real life charities and organizations. Usually, there are three categories to choose from:


 * Medical Help
 * Protect the Earth
 * Building Homes

Penguins can donate to any of the three causes above. At the end of each Coins for Change, there will be a percentage assigned to each cause that shows how many of the total number of the coins were donated to that specific cause. That percentage will then determine how much of the real life money will be given to each selected charity.

Example
There is 100 dollars that will be donated in total to selected organizations. At the end of the Coins for Change, there are 1,000,000 coins donated, distributed as:


 * Medical Help: 300,000 coins (30%)
 * Protect the Earth: 250,000 coins (25%)
 * Building Homes: 450,000 coins (45%)

Thus, 45% of the 100 dollars will be donated to Building Homes (45 dollars), while Protect the Earth receives 25% (25 dollars), and Medical Help will receive the last 30% (30 dollars).

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.

A grand total of 66 million coins were donated.

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:


 * Medical Help: 65,331,272 coins (34%)
 * Protect The Earth: 71,095,796 coins (37%)
 * Building Homes: 55,723,732 coins (29%)

2019
Coins for Change 2019 was first confirmed through the Coins For Change Donation Station after 2018 concluded as well as in issue #137 of the Club Penguin Times. It began on December 19, 2019 and ended on January 2, 2020 in conjunction with the Holiday Party 2019.

At the start, Rockhopper was nowhere to be found according to Aunt Arctic, hence she took it upon herself to take responsibility of Coins for Change in-lieu of Rockhopper.

Less than 13 hours after the event first released, more than 144.7 million coins have been donated, which led to an update that added an extra digit to increase the coin donation limit. On December 20, 2019, the 200 million coins donated mark was reached, surpassing 2017's and 2018's record.

By 3am PST on January 2, 2020, the amount of coins donated was 441.8 million.

On January 8, 2020, the donation results were revealed. A grand total of 443,162,500 coins were donated, which was an estimated 131% increase from the previous year. The final results were:


 * Medical Help: 101,927,375 coins (23%)
 * Protect The Earth: 194,991,500 coins (44%)
 * Building Homes: 141,812,000 coins (32%)

2020
Coins for Change 2020 began on December 20, 2020, and concluded on December 31, 2020.

Total Coins: 478,537,500


 * Building Homes: 27%
 * Provide Medical Help: 39%
 * Protect the Earth: 34%

2021
549,986,000 coins were donated by the end of the event, which is an estimated 19% increase compared to Coins for Change 2019. Like previous years, "Protect The Earth" was donated the most coins. The percentage division for the three causes were as follows:


 * Medical Help: 170,495,660 coins (31%)
 * The coins donated to Medical Help converted to $842 and were donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.


 * Protect The Earth: 241,993,840 coins (44%)
 * The coins donated to Protect The Earth converted to $1,196 and were donated to Team Seas.


 * Building Homes: 137,496,500 coins (25%)
 * The coins donated to Building Homes converted to $679 and were donated to Habitat for Humanity.

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 and the Plaza.