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Those In Need Will Benefit From Giving Machines
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es, Kamauu shares. None of the money comes back to the church, he adds.
Kamauu adds that Pearl- ridge was chosen as an excellent site to place the machines because it caters to the local community and military members.
dental hygiene kit, a rice cooker, a bag of groceries, new baby gear, a mattress, payment of rent and utility bills, and others.
Instead, the intent of the project is to raise awareness of needs, invite the public to give and serve, and amplify community engagement.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been working behind the scenes with charitable organizations for a long time to provide assistance in Ha- wai‘i — including through- out the pandemic, Kamauu emphasizes.
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People can also donate globally, as well, through charities like CARE. Do- nors can choose to pay for two chickens, which would give a family needed income from egg production, and more.
Giving Machines will take debit and all major credit cards, but not cash.
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“That’s the agreement we have with all the nonprofits. We want that whatever an individual purchases from the Giving Machine, that item is going to be delivered by the nonprofit organization to a recipient,” explains the church’s Hawai‘i communi- cations director H. Wailana Kamauu Jr.
When people put their card in the machine, make a purchase and take their card out, they will receive a print- ed tax-deductible receipt, Kamauu says.
for a site in Manhattan, New York City, didn’t go through, that freed up two machines for the state — which were located at Polynesian Cul- tural Center in Lā‘ie for the 2019 campaign.
So, the Giving Machines are not an anomaly, but an added way that the church can bring its humanitarian efforts directly to communi- ties, he says.
The Giving Machine ef- fort launched back in 2017 in large metropolitan areas across the country, and it ex- panded globally 2018-19.
Kamauu remembers that he had only two weeks to mobilize the effort and get it running.
Another way the church connects both organizations and volunteers to do good things is through its website justserve.org. Utilizing that website, individuals can go online to get email notifi- cations when service proj- ects are posted in their area. Meanwhile, nonprofits can get in touch with a JustServe representative in their neigh- borhood to start looking for volunteers needed to make a difference.
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When Kamauu asked for the vending devices to be placed in Hawai‘i, he was told the market size was too small.
That effort at PCC raised $172,000 for local nonprof- its to distribute items and services to those in need, Kamauu notes.
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The church pays for all of the administrative fees, marketing and other expens-
However, when permits
“The next thing I did, I stored it (the machines) on O‘ahu, so, it didn’t go back to Salt Lake City (headquar- ters). And then COVID hit, so nobody moved. So, I just kept it and hung onto it,” Ka- mauu recalls.
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This year, the Giving Ma- chine program is back with 10 locations throughout the United States, including at Pearlridge Center — using the same machines from the Polynesian Cultural Center.
A link to details about the Giving Machines and other information about the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints service programs can be found at lighttheworld.org.
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Giving Machines will be located at Pearlridge Center from Nov. 20 to Jan. 2.
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