你想捐赠一头猪吗？

你想捐赠一头猪吗？

圣殿山

2021 年 1 月 9 日

慈善机构

作者：Evelyn Candland

你想捐赠一头猪吗？

想象一下，在自动售货机上刷一下信用卡，不是买一块糖，而是可以为在非洲的家庭买一头猪，为在当地避难所的一个孩子买一套睡衣，或者买食物给您社区里的食物食物赈济处。从11月26日起至1月2日，这正是您在奥克兰的圣殿山上的那三台即将安装在支联会中心前的捐赠机上可以做的事。我们极其兴奋可以第一次在奥克兰拥有这些捐赠机。它们向公众开放，邀请并鼓励大家使用这些机器来捐赠作为圣诞节贡献的一部分。 传播此信息并与家人和朋友共同分担一头山羊或一个蜂箱的成本。

In 2016, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a program called Light the World to focus attention on service at Christmas time. Through advertising at Times Square in New York City and many other locations, people were encouraged to share the light of Christ by small acts of service each day during the month of December. The following year, the Giving Machines became a part of that effort. Using these vending machines our giving can reach beyond our families and even communities—it can bless the world. In the three years, the Giving Machines have been available, more than nine million dollars of goods and services have been donated through them.

这些机器除了食物和衣服之外，还有各种各样的东西可供购买：牲畜、蜂箱、一英亩红薯、疫苗、卫生用品、医疗用品、大学预考等等。当为一个人或者一个家庭提供了一样物品，例如一头猪、一只鸡、一个蜂箱、或者一英亩的红薯时，还提供了如何利用该物品来发展业务的培训，所以这个礼物将长期为家庭或社区带来益处。 在美国的和世界的社会都从捐赠机中的捐献受益——在非洲、中美洲、南美洲、亚洲内的国家。

The Giving Machines were available in 2017 only in Salt Lake City, Utah. That year, despite being only one location, $500,000 were donated through 28,000 transactions. The next year, 2018, they were installed in five locations: Gilbert, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Manila, Philippines; London, England; and New York City, New York. The response was remarkable. Through 92,000 transactions, $2.3 million were donated. 2019 brought even more success with the machines being installed in the same five locations and an additional five: Orem, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; San Jose, California; and Hawaii. That year saw hundreds of thousands of transactions resulting in donations totaling $6.2 million. Unfortunately, the pandemic made it impossible to install any machines during 2020. This year there will be machines in ten locations: Oakland, California; Honolulu, Hawaii; Kansas City, Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee; Denver, Colorado; Gilbert, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; New York City, New York; Orem, Utah; and Salt Lake City, Utah.

今年，奥克兰 捐赠机包含了六个慈善机构、三个全球慈善机构和三个本地慈善机构。他们是：

Tri-Valley Haven，为受虐妇女和儿童提供服务。
George Mark儿童之家，为儿童提供临终关怀。
Emeryville市民援助项目，为有需要的人提供食物、家居用品、关怀和同情。
联合国儿童基金会，为世界各地的儿童提供人道主义和发展援助。
WaterAid provides clean water, reliable toilets, and good hygiene for needy communities worldwide.
教会世界服务，在世界各地提供可持续的自助、发展、救灾和难民援助。

区级发布会将于 11 月 27 日星期六下午 5 点在加州奥克兰市林肯大道 4770 号圣殿山上的大教堂中举行。