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Central O‘ahu Residents Can Help With A Giving Machine
BY DON ROBBINS
will go directly to help those less fortunate. Two Giving Machines will be located at Pearlridge Mau- ka Level 1, and accessible seven days a week during center hours of operation.
Salvation Army, Helping Hands Hawai‘i, Aloha Medical Mission and Fam- ily Promise of Hawai‘i — to distribute the goods and services.
lies in need will get. A few examples include a kid’s dental hygiene kit, a rice cooker, a bag of groceries, new baby gear, a mattress, payment of rent and utili- ty bills, and others. People can also donate globally, as well, through charities like CARE. Donors can choose to pay for two chickens, which would give a family needed income from egg production, and more.
back to the church, he adds. Instead, the intent of the project is to raise aware- ness of needs, invite the public to give and serve, and amplify community en- gagement.
There’s a well-known proverb noting that it’s bet- ter to give than to receive.
With that in mind, from Nov. 20 through Jan. 2, Central O‘ahu residents can use a Giving Machine lo- cated at Pearlridge Center.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sponsors the program, and this year it is partnering with four local charita- ble organizations — The
Looking and working much like any other vend- ing device, these Giving Machines have individ- ually priced cards inside describing items that a Ha- wai‘i individuals or fami-
Giving Machines will take debit and all major credit cards, but not cash. When people put their card in the machine, make a purchase and take their card out, they will receive a printed tax-deductible receipt. A previous Giving Machine located at Poly- nesian Cultural Center in 2019 raised $172,000, Ka- mauu notes.
It will be filled with goods and services that they can purchase, which
Giving Machines will be placed at Pearlridge Center from Nov. 20 to Jan. 2. PHOTOS COURTESY H. WAILANA KAMAUU JR.
“That’s the agreement we have with all the nonprof- its. We want that whatever an individual purchases from the Giving Machine, that item is going to be de- livered by the nonprofit or- ganization to a recipient,” explains Hawai‘i commu-
H. Wailana Kamauu Jr.
nications director H. Waila- na Kamauu Jr.
The church pays for all of the administrative fees, marketing and other ex- penses, Kamauu shares. None of the money comes
For more information about the Giving Machines, visit lighttheworld.org.
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