The Giving Machines provide a family-friendly, fun and easy way to help our community’s most vulnerable. The large, red “vending machines” work in reverse, creating a memorable way to give to those in need during the Christmas season with a simple swipe of a credit card amid holiday festivities.

Credit card or mobile pay – just like a regular vending machine.
(Sorry, no cash.)

You can select from 30 different items ranging from winter boots, meals, fresh produce, baby care essential items, hygiene kits, bicycles, shovels, chickens, polio vaccines and more!

All of your donation – 100% – buys the item you select for the people you want to help.
You get to actually see and choose what to give.

The whole family can get involved in giving in a tangible way.
And bring friends!

Select an item, add to cart, swipe a debit or credit card and a card representing your gift drops into a bin so you can watch the donations pile up.

Get a receipt by text or email.

Your information is not
collected or shared.

Five local charities in each location:
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ANCHORAGE

• Catholic Social Services

• Challenge Alaska

• Downtown Hope Center

• LOVE Inc Kenai Peninsula

• Lutheran Social Services of Alaska

 
FAIRBANKS-NORTH POLE

• Armed Sercies YMCA of Alaska

• Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska

• Fairbanks Community Food Bank

• Fairbanks Senior Center

• Resource Center for Parents and Children

 
TWO INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES

• iDE global

• UNICEF

100% of your donation goes to the charity and item of your choice.  Machine costs are covered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Donations start at $5 but you can buy multiple items at a variety of price points!