Bundled up in coats and beanies, more than 10,000 students at Brigham Young University welcomed a handful of Light the World Giving Machines to the university’s campus this Monday night.

Excited to have these big red vending machines for charity on campus for the very first time since the initiative began in 2017, many of these students quickly lined up with backpacks in hand, ready to contribute what they could to help others in need around the world.

“In college we’re scrimping and saving,” said BYU student Donny Beyer. But he added that “when you have nothing to give is when you have the most to give.

“So I think it’s really awesome being here and seeing all these students who are in the same boat trying to get by on little money, and we’re still willing to go and give and try to

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