Following Obama Example Southern California Students Say, 'Yes We Can' To Miles of...

Following Obama Example Southern California Students Say, 'Yes We Can' To
Miles of Change

Plan to set new World Record

SANTA ANA, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since early February,
in honor of both the Bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth and the
Centennial of the Lincoln Penny, students, staff and fans of THINK Together
after-school programs across Southern California have been conducting a penny
drive.

Their objective: collect 8,448,800 pennies.

Their goal: to lay down a chain of pennies 100 miles long on the race track
at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA on Wednesday, March 25th; and in doing
so, set a new Guinness World Record(TM).

The current Guinness World Record(TM) is held by the community of Fort Scott,
Kansas, which laid down a 40-mile chain of pennies this past July.

"President Obama and his wife Michelle remind us that people, each doing their
individual part, have the collective power to create miles of change. And it's
in that spirit that we designed the 'Miles of Change' community engagement
project so our students could experience that first-hand," said Randy Barth,
founder and CEO of THINK Together.

THINK Together is the largest provider of academically focused after-school
programs in California serving more than 35,000 low-income and at-risk
students at 200+ sites across a four-county footprint of Southern California
(Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties).

NASCAR Driver Kyle Busch supports THINK Together after-school programs and the
organization's "Miles of Change" project.

Busch explains, "In a lot of our urban communities, the drop-out rate is
nearing 50%.

"Sometimes kids just need a safe place to go after-school, a place where they
can get help with their homework and continue to learn. In Southern
California, THINK Together is doing just that."

"Miles of Change" community partners include Auto Club Speedway, Bank of
America, AMR, Brinks, Burrtec Disposal, Univision, UPS, Yakult and others.

So far THINK Together's 35,000 students have collected more than 6,987,757
pennies toward their goal of at least 8.5 million.

To find out more about the "Miles of Change" project or to contribute to the
penny drive, visit www.MilesOfChange.com or visit
www.MilesOfChange.blogspot.com. To learn more about THINK Together visit
www.THINKtogether.org.

THINK is an acronym that stands for Teaching, Helping, Inspiring & Nurturing
Kids.

Contacts:

Larry Tenney
714-352-2151

Nadia Flores
714-234-7556

SOURCE THINK Together

Larry Tenney, +1-714-352-2151 or Nadia Flores, +1-714-234-7556, both of THINK
Together