Fundred Dollar Bill
The Fundred Dollar Bills are a part of a social project called Project Paydirt. The artist Mel Chin got the idea when he started to think about the lead in the soil surrounding New Orleans. He asked someone if they could estimate the cost of fixing such an enormous task, what would the cost be? They estimate $300,000,000.00. He figured he couldn't fund-raise that amount of money, but they could make it. So the project began. He has produced blank "fundred" dollar bills and has been trying to get the word out to teachers about the project. Students can draw their idea of a one hundred dollar bill would look like if they were to create it. Each student needs to create one "fundred" dollar bill. After completion these will be sent to a collection center and then brought by armored truck to Congress in exchange for $300,000,000 dollars.
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Have you created your fundred yet?
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