{"id":808,"date":"2021-12-01T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/?p=808"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:22:24","slug":"give-a-gift-of-love-via-a-vending-machine-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/give-a-gift-of-love-via-a-vending-machine-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Give a gift of love via a vending machine this Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re all really familiar with vending machines but, have you ever come across one that allows you to make a donation?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re talking about the ones that Endowus has placed at Kinex, Marina Square, United Square and Velocity till Dec 31.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-809\" src=\"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity.jpg\" alt=\"Endowus vending machine\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_Endowus_Giving-Machine-at-Velocity-850x1133.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How the vending machine works<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These vending machines \u2013 dubbed Giving Machines \u2013 allow users to choose gifts such as food, stationery or even programmes like educational therapy for beneficiaries. The user can then pay for it via the machine in donations of $5, $10 or $20.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also select which beneficiary they would like their donation to go to.<\/p>\n<p>The list of beneficiaries include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aidha<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Town<\/li>\n<li>Care Corner Singapore Limited<\/li>\n<li>Centre for Fathering Limited<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Aid Society<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Wishing Well<\/li>\n<li>Extra\u2022Ordinary People<\/li>\n<li>The Food Bank Singapore Limited<\/li>\n<li>Make-A-Wish Foundation (Singapore) Limited<\/li>\n<li>New Life Stories Limited<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntuc.org.sg\/wps\/portal\/up2\/home\/aboutntuc\/ucare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NTUC-U Care Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RSVP Singapore<\/li>\n<li>Rainbow Centre Singapore<\/li>\n<li>The Red Pencil<\/li>\n<li>TTSH Community Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-810\" src=\"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards.jpeg\" alt=\"Endowus vending machine cards\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards-300x533.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lovely_vending-machine-cards-850x1511.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After each donation, a card detailing the amount donated and the good that it would bring to recipients would be dispensed. Through this campaign, Endowus hopes to raise S$50,000 dollars from the vending machines for the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/69-drop-in-household-income-from-work-for-poor-families-in-singapore-last-year\/\">69% drop in household income from work for poor families in Singapore last year.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re all really familiar with vending machines but, have you ever come across one that allows you to make a donation? We\u2019re talking about the ones that Endowus has placed at Kinex, Marina Square, United Square and Velocity till Dec 31. How the vending machine works These vending machines \u2013 dubbed Giving Machines \u2013 allow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,65,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovely.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}