{"id":11966,"date":"2019-11-25T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=11966"},"modified":"2019-11-25T00:45:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T06:45:06","slug":"can-a-vending-machine-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/can-a-vending-machine-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Can A Vending Machine Change The World?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Can a vending machine change the world? If all its dispensing is a Twix candy bar or a bag of chips then perhaps not (although I do love a good Twix \ud83d\ude42 ). But what if that vending machine was actually a Giving Machine? Then could it change the world? &#8230;Watch this 1 minute video and then you tell me&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8NQKjUfwtvA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>How AWESOME is that?! I got the chills just watching that video! So what are these #lighttheworld Giving Machines exactly? Here&#8217;s a description from the lighttheworld.org website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cImagine swiping your credit card at a vending machine\u2014but instead of buying a candy bar for yourself, you\u2019re buying a sheep for a family in a third-world country. Or a polio vaccine. Or a pair of shoes. Or 100 meals for your local food bank. With the #LightTheWorld Giving Machines, that&#8217;s exactly what happens. The Giving Machines provide a way for people to\u00a0quickly and easily help those in need and make the Christmas season a little more meaningful for themselves\u2014and countless others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What an amazing idea! And it&#8217;s all a part of the #lighttheworld movement I told all of you about in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/transform-your-december-today\/#.Xdtv3JNKhEY\" target=\"_blank\">my blog yesterday<\/a> that&#8217;s going to transform the month of December into a Season of Service. So once again, I ask you, &#8220;Can a vending machine change the world? The answer is in this 54 second video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tadac_N3DRc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>YES&#8230;the answer is a definite YES! #lighttheworld &#8211; join me in this worldwide movement today! Sign up at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighttheworld.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.lighttheworld.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business\/dp\/1946633763\">What Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business &amp; Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a vending machine change the world? If all its dispensing is a Twix candy bar or a bag of chips then perhaps not (although I do love a good Twix \ud83d\ude42 ). 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