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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/co...aritable-donation-yup-there-s-vending-n952781
The end of the year is a common time for people to make charitable donations. One organization is making it even easier for those annual acts of generosity, installing vending machines that enable donors to send items, from farm animals to school supplies, to underserved communities around the world with just the touch of a button.
The "Giving Machines" are part of a partnership between local and global charities and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The machines, which were installed earlier this month on the streets of New York City, Salt Lake City, Manila, London and Gilbert, Arizona, have already raised around $1.3 million, said Zach Roderick, a missionary at the Mormon Church in New York City.
“The machines are great because it’s just like an instant act of giving,” said Roderick.
Eric Newton of Philadelphia donated two chickens with his wife, Tiffani, at a machine in New York City.
“It’s a fun way to give,” he told NBC News. “It makes you realize, when you’re looking at the things to purchase, that there’s a lot of people out there who don’t have some of the basic essentials that we probably take for granted every day.”
While the most popular donation is farm animals, another basic essential available is a “School in a Box Kit.” Supplied by UNICEF, the kit aims to help the 30 million children around the world who have been displaced from their homes as a result of conflict, crisis, or poverty.
The end of the year is a common time for people to make charitable donations. One organization is making it even easier for those annual acts of generosity, installing vending machines that enable donors to send items, from farm animals to school supplies, to underserved communities around the world with just the touch of a button.
The "Giving Machines" are part of a partnership between local and global charities and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The machines, which were installed earlier this month on the streets of New York City, Salt Lake City, Manila, London and Gilbert, Arizona, have already raised around $1.3 million, said Zach Roderick, a missionary at the Mormon Church in New York City.
“The machines are great because it’s just like an instant act of giving,” said Roderick.
Eric Newton of Philadelphia donated two chickens with his wife, Tiffani, at a machine in New York City.
“It’s a fun way to give,” he told NBC News. “It makes you realize, when you’re looking at the things to purchase, that there’s a lot of people out there who don’t have some of the basic essentials that we probably take for granted every day.”
While the most popular donation is farm animals, another basic essential available is a “School in a Box Kit.” Supplied by UNICEF, the kit aims to help the 30 million children around the world who have been displaced from their homes as a result of conflict, crisis, or poverty.
