Downtown Summerlin is celebrating the holiday season, and also the season of giving. There are three charitable activities that encourage visitors and patrons to pay it forward. The Giving Machine, Santa Claus’ Chalet, and Lights for Flights provide the opportunity to make donations to nine local, national, and global nonprofits.
The Giving Machine, a popular “vending machine” that works in reverse by giving users the opportunity to buy a variety of much-needed items for local and global charities via the swipe of a credit or debit card. It returned to downtown Summerlin on November 16, where it will remain until January 1.
Las Vegans can make donations at The Giving Machine by buying items that range from $5 to $250 and include staples such as meals on wheels and pet food for homebound seniors, bus passes, nebulizers, blood pressure cuffs, food for Ukrainian families, clothing, coats, and hygiene items. For global charities, items include chickens, beehives, milk goats, and education costs for girls.
Local nonprofit beneficiaries this year include Catholic Charities, HELP of Southern Nevada, Project 150, Three Square, and Volunteers in Medicine. Global beneficiaries include Church World Services and Lifting Hands International.
The Giving Machine is now in its fifth year and is an initiative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Last year, it raised more than $5.8 million across 10 locations worldwide, with more than $740,000 donated by more than 41,000 visitors at the Downtown Summerlin Giving Machine alone. Of that total, more than $500,000 was donated to support five local nonprofits, and nearly $240,000 was donated to two global nonprofits.
Santa Claus’ Chalet, located in the Macy’s Promenade, is open daily through December 24 and presents the opportunity to support the work of the nonprofit Goodie Two Shoes Foundation, which provides free shoes, socks, and other supplies to thousands of children in the community. For every letter to Santa Claus received at the Santa Claus’ Chalet, The Howard Hughes Corp. will donate $1 to the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation.
Lights for Flights is also returning this year. Powered by Sol-Up, — a fun activation featuring six giant lighted words spread throughout Downtown Summerlin: LOVE, JOY, HOPE, PEACE, SOAR, and MIRACLE. The signs are sponsored to generate awareness and funds for the Las Vegas-based national nonprofit Miracle Flights, which provides free commercial flights to children and adults who need aid to reach life-changing medical care. Guests have the opportunity to donate through the QR codes on each sign.
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Thanks, and make it a terrific day.
