Time To Drink And Donate! -

Let’s talk drinking and donating for a minute. Here’s a simple chart:

Water + Donating Blood = Good

Alcohol + Donating Blood = Bad

Soda + Donating Change = Awesome

As proof of the latter, I give you these cool new vending machines straight outta Japan. As mentioned on the Wall Street Journal blog, “Rather than collect the change from a canned coffee or sweet soda, customers can elect to donate it to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami relief fund set up by the Japanese Red Cross. Donations can be made in ¥10 or ¥100 increments. After making a donation, a voice pipes up thanking customers for their good deed of the day.”

Sure, one could argue that sodas aren’t good for you, but better to save a life than die of thirst, no?

2 comments

Ian Gould says:

July 13, 2011 at 11:36 am

I would like to start my own blog one day. This was a really nice blog that you made here and I just wanted to tell you that it inspired me even more. keep it up
Faye @ Buffalo Red Cross says:

July 13, 2011 at 6:20 pm

Fantastic machine! From a girl who just had her first encounter with the "Coca-Cola Freestyle" this one looks like it'd be a great rival, and for an ever greater cause!

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