你想捐贈一頭豬嗎？

你想捐贈一頭豬嗎？

聖殿山

2021 年 11 月 9 日

慈善機構

作者：Evelyn Candland

你想捐贈一頭豬嗎？

想像一下，在自動售貨機上刷一下信用卡，不是買一塊糖，而是可以為在非洲的家庭買一頭豬，為在當地避難所的一個孩子買一套睡衣，或者買食物給您社區裡的食物食物賑濟處。從11月26日起至1月2日，這正是您在奧克蘭的聖殿山上的那三台即將安裝在支聯會中心前的捐贈機上可以做的事。我們極其興奮可以第一次在奧克蘭擁有這些捐贈機。它們向公眾開放，邀請並鼓勵大家使用這些機器來捐贈作為聖誕節貢獻的一部分。傳播此信息並與家人和朋友共同分擔一頭山羊或一個蜂箱的成本。

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.

這些機器除了食物和衣服之外，還有各種各樣的東西可供購買：牲畜、蜂箱、一英畝紅薯、疫苗、衛生用品、醫療用品、大學預考等等。當為一個人或者一個家庭提供了一樣物品，例如一頭豬、一隻雞、一個蜂箱、或者一英畝的紅薯時，還提供瞭如何利用該物品來發展業務的培訓，所以這個禮物將長期為家庭或社區帶來益處。在美國的和世界的社會都從捐贈機中的捐獻受益——在非洲、中美洲、南美洲、亞洲內的國家。

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，奧克蘭 捐贈機包含了六個慈善機構、三個全球慈善機構和三個本地慈善機構。他們是：

Tri-Valley Haven，為受虐婦女和兒童提供服務。
George Mark兒童之家，為兒童提供臨終關懷。
Emeryville市民援助項目，為有需要的人提供食物、家居用品、關懷和同情。
聯合國兒童基金會，為世界各地的兒童提供人道主義和發展援助。
WaterAid provides clean water, reliable toilets, and good hygiene for needy communities worldwide.
教會世界服務，在世界各地提供可持續的自助、發展、救災和難民援助。

區級發布會將於 11 月 27 日星期六下午 5 點在加州奧克蘭市林肯大道 4770 號聖殿山上的大教堂中舉行。