Coins for a Cause

Coins for a Cause is an annual fundraiser held in schools throughout the Bismarck-Mandan community to raise money for United Way’s Imagination Library. Last year, local students collected over $14,000 to provide monthly books to nearly 575 area children. Free books are mailed to the homes of children from birth to age five in an effort to promote early childhood education and foster parent-child interaction – both of which are fundamental ingredients to future educational success. Research has shown that children who participate in the program gain the fundamental skills that prepare them for school.