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 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. 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:

• To be announced

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 glucagon.

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

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.

If visiting a physical Giving Machine is not feasible, you can donate directly to participating nonprofit causes at GivingMachine.org.