This Christmas season, Water for Good has been selected again to be part of the Giving Machines: bright red, interactive kiosks that look like vending machines. But instead of buying a snack for yourself, you choose a gift for someone in need.
Each card in the machine represents a real gift. Select one, and it is dispensed as a keepsake while your donation goes to the nonprofit you picked. It’s a simple, hands-on way to give and a great activity to do with family or friends. Everyone can help choose the gift together.
What your gift does
When you choose a Water for Good gift at a Giving Machine, your donation goes toward safe water, sanitation, and hygiene in communities across Africa and Asia that need it most. Together with local leaders and churches, families are building healthier futures that last.
See how it works: Watch the journey of a Giving Machine card
Here are the gifts you’ll find in our machines:
- Water Pump Repair ($9): Maintain a family’s access to clean water for cooking, bathing, and drinking.
- Year of Clean Water ($25): Give one person sustainable access to safe, running water for a year.
- School Toilet ($39): Fund a new latrine to give five students better health, dignity, and safety.
- Village Water Treatment ($45): Keep a community’s water source clean and safe with chlorine treatment.
- Family Hygiene Training ($75): Help a family prevent disease with life-saving sanitation and hygiene education.
Where to find us
Water for Good will be featured in Giving Machines in these locations. Dates and hours vary by location, so check before you go.
Alaska
- Near Fairbanks: Santa Claus House, 101 St. Nicholas Dr., North Pole (Nov. 17 to Dec. 9)
- Anchorage: Dimond Center, 800 E Dimond Blvd (Dec. 10 to 31)
Arizona
- Gilbert: Downtown Gilbert Water Tower Park, 45 E Page Ave (Nov. 16 to Jan. 3)
California
- Bakersfield: The Shops at Riverwalk, 10540 Stockdale Hwy (Nov. 17 to Dec. 10)
- Modesto: Vintage Faire Mall, 3401 Dale Rd (Dec. 12 to Jan. 2)
Idaho
- Boise: Boise Towne Square, 350 N Milwaukee St (Nov. 19 to 30)
- Caldwell: Indian Creek Plaza, 710 Main St (Dec. 1 to 14)
- Meridian: The Village at Meridian, 3635 E Longwing Ln (Dec. 15 to 31)
Illinois
- Chicago: Pioneer Court, 401 N Michigan Ave (Nov. 14 to 16)
Indiana
- Carmel: Carter Green, 10 Carter Green, next to the Christkindlmarkt (Nov. 18 to Jan. 3)
New Mexico
- Albuquerque: Cottonwood Mall, 10000 Coors Bypass NW (Dec. 12 to Jan. 1)
New York
- New York City: Details TBD
Oregon
- Portland: Washington Square Mall, 9585 SW Washington Square Rd (Dec. 14 to Jan. 3)
Texas
- El Paso: El Paso Community Foundation, 333 N. Oregon St (Nov. 21 to Dec. 10)
- Austin area: The Crossover, 1717 Scottsdale Dr, Cedar Park (Nov. 16 to Dec. 6)
- Waco: Cameron Park Zoo, 1703 N 4th St (Dec. 7 to Jan. 2)
Utah
- Salt Lake City: Details TBD
Washington
- Vancouver: Vancouver Mall, 8700 NE Vancouver Mall Dr (Nov. 23 to Dec. 13)
Can’t make it to a machine?
You can give anytime, right from home, on our website. Every gift supports safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. Gifts that keep on giving for years to come.
Thank you for standing with communities as they build healthy, thriving futures.
