SALT LAKE CITY — Utah residents can now give, through vending machines in malls and community centers, to people in need both in the state and around the world.
The first Giving Machine, a highlight of the Light the World initiative run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was located in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in 2017. Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said the program that began in Utah has spread.
“We kicked it off, and now these machines are throughout the world, and others are given the opportunity to kind of lean in to that Utah way,” Wilson said Monday.
She spoke along with church leaders at an event to open the Giving Machines in Salt Lake City. Giving Machines in Orem open during an event on Monday evening.
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Wilson thanked …