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.

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

A bank of four machines will be in the Cherry Creek North Winter Wanderland at the entrance to the Holiday Market, 2nd Avenue and Fillmore Street.

There are several public parking garages near the Giving Machines. There is also plenty of street parking in the area. Please visit Cherry Creek North Parking website.

Machines operate 24/7 November 13, 2024 through January 5, 2025.

Five local charities:

• Canine Partners of the Rockies trains service dogs for Coloradans living with disabilities and places facility dogs that support adults and children through trauma and major life events.
• Children's Diabetes Foundation helps families with children who have type 1 diabetes through financial support, education, and access to services and life-saving therapies and treatments.
• Family Promise of Greater Denver helps families who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness, by providing temporary shelter, teaching clients employment skills and financial literacy, and providing childcare.
• Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains helps refugees become self-sufficient and integrate with their new communities through programs focusing on asylee/immigration legal services and resettlement, foster care, adoption, school enrollment, employment navigation, senior services, and housing assistance
• Mile High United Way mobilizes the community to take collective action to create positive, lasting change through three related initiatives: School Readiness, Youth Success, and Adult Self Sufficiency.

Two international charities:

• iDE is a global development organization that co-creates
  with foundations, governments, individuals, for-profits, and nonprofits
  to develop lasting solutions to poverty in 11 countries across Asia,
  Africa, and Central America.
• Days for Girls works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education, and livelihoods.

You can select from 30 different items ranging from a hot meal for a family in need, a bus pass for a newly arrived refugee, childcare for a parent in career training, a service dog's official vest, or life-saving emergency medication.

Items range from $5 to $250. You can purchase multiple items in a single transaction up to $3000.

Giving Machines is a unique, personal way of giving. All of your donation – 100% – buys the item you select for the people you want to help. Machine costs are covered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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!
Enjoy entertainment, dining and shopping in Cherry Creek North during the holidays!

Donations are eligible for tax deductions. Donations may also be eligible for employer matching programs.

Because donating in person provides a unique, personal experience, we do not offer a digital option. We encourage you to visit the websites for our local charities and donate directly to them.

If you are interested in learning about or donating to the global nonprofits supported throughout the world, visit GivingMachine.org.