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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 12, 2009
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Manhattanite Mame McCutchin has been picking up your loose change and blogging about it. Her Found Money blog isn't the only one in town, however. The Daily News reports that there are dozens of change bloggers nationwide, all trying to fill up their piggy banks for rainy days. In New York, there's also Barbara Humphrey, a Staten Island mom whose gotten the whole family involved and records her findings at Change Pot. So far this year she's already up to $47.05, and has saved over $1,000 since starting three years ago. The paper notes that "Oddly, in wealthy Manhattan neighborhoods, they rarely find anything," which may explain why McCutchin is only up to $16.63 since last June. That could be up one cent by the end of the day, however—she wrote on her blog earlier: "Today I found a penny but it was frozen solid into some dirt near the base of a tree. I can't decide if I should go back with a cup of hot water or a screw-driver."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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