At this point, I am no longer amazed either by the things that people are asked to tell stories about or by their ability to tell stories about the most obscure topics.
Still, the last topic I would have thought about as story fodder is the concept of people saving up lots of coins and then taking them to one of those green CoinStar machines to sort them and get paper money (and apparently, now you can turn them in for gift cards, in which case, the counting is free).
But as I learned through Peter Shankman of Help a Reporter Out (HARO), the CoinStar folks are soliciting exactly these kinds of stories on their site:
Tell us your story for a chance to see your face on our big green
machines in your hometown.
How much of your stash did you cash in? Did your change help you buy a new bike?
Perhaps you splurged on a cool gadget for your car, or maybe an afternoon at the spa — away from it all.
You can read submitted stories here and submit your own here.