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2025 Media
USA for UNHCR News
Light the World Giving Machines Feature USA for UNHCR for the Holidays​
This holiday season, USA for UNHCR will be featured in 11 Light The World Giving Machines across the United States.
NBC4 Live
A vending machine that lets you give back: Check out the ‘giving machine' in Tysons
Looking to donate to your favorite charity this holiday season? The “giving machine” at Tysons Corner Center lets users donate to D.C.-area charities with a click of a button. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
2024 Media
ABC 7 News
Giving Machines Make Donating Fun in the DMV
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It is Giving Tuesday, and the Giving Machines are back in the DMV. We are talking Vending Machines that allow you to give a meal, gas, or toys to families in need.
WMAL News
Get Acquainted With the Giving Machines at Tysons Corner​
Most vending machines have you paying and taking — but not these charitable vending machines. The Light the World Giving Machines at Tysons Corner allow people to donate goods and services now through Jan. 2, 2025. Learn more at givingmachinesdc.org.
Fox 5 - Washington DC
Supporting others: From Vending Machine to Giving Machine
The "Giving Machine” Returns to the DC area for the holidays. Vending Machines are staples of hotels and snack rooms, pushing out sodas, chips, candy and more. But Giving Machines are a twist on the traditional vending machine...
Fairfax Connection
Giving Machines Unveiled on Giving Tuesday
Tysons recently hosted a new type of gift giving this holiday season in the form of a computerized machine called the “Giving Machine.” The machine enables the user to “swipe their card and donate products and services to charities in the DVM and around the world.”
2023 Media
Fox 5 - Washington DC
Giving Machines debut in Virginia
for Giving Tuesday
At Giving Machines, people can donate to six area and global charities at these charitable vending machines stationed at Ballston Quarter. This is the first time the Giving Machines are in Virginia.
NBC4 Live
A charity vending machine? See the ‘Giving Machine' in action at Ballston Square
Just in time for Giving Tuesday, a new machine in Arlington, Virginia, is making donating to charity as easy as getting a soda. News4’s Joseph Olmo shows you how the Giving Machine in Ballston Square works.