Vending Machines…with Chickens? That Change Lives?! The Giving Machines with Karl Cheney, Fran Lowder, and Steve Lowder cover art

Vending Machines…with Chickens? That Change Lives?! The Giving Machines with Karl Cheney, Fran Lowder, and Steve Lowder

Vending Machines…with Chickens? That Change Lives?! The Giving Machines with Karl Cheney, Fran Lowder, and Steve Lowder

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Forget Funyuns and Diet Coke—these bright red vending machines vend kindness and hope. What if you could change someone's life across the world by buying a goat, a beehive, or a backpack — from a vending machine? In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones explores the Light the World Giving Machines—vending machines that do all of that and more. Karl Cheney explains how these small-but-mighty machines now appear in 126 cities across 21 countries, and volunteers Steve and Fran Lowder, share the remarkable stories behind them.

These aren’t vending machines—they’re ripple machines.

Find out more and make your own Ripple at GivingMachines.org.

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