Pennies are not worthless to me. They saved my life last summer, when I was without money for groceries for 3 months. The pennies and nickels I had saved and thrown in a drawer bought me bread, bologna and cheese to live on.
I'd never throw a penny away.
Bless your heart. I'm with you....if I see a penny on the ground, I pick it up! They do add up. :)
Yes, I still pick up a penny when I find one anywhere.
I was in that same financial shape not long ago. Things got better. Now when I go to the store, I usually surreptitiously scatter my change in the parking lot on the way out. You never know who it might help, and little kids still get a charge out of finding a penny or a nickel, even if we jaded grown-ups don't!
We actually had hundreds of $ worth in jars. At 9/11 we donated them to the Red Cross so they could waste them on unneeded blood that they threw away.