Change for Change Caring Meters collect money and once they save $1,000, the organization donates it to a local organization in need.

When the organization collects $1,000 and then receive matching gifts from sponsors, they donate the money to a local group in need.

The group collected $1,000 in recent months, and with help from other organizations, turned it into $4,000. They made the donation Wednesday to Red Truck Ministries, which serves areas of Central Virginia considered to be ‘food deserts.’

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Spare change is changing lives for those struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. As 10 News first reported last fall, refurbished parking meters in downtown Lynchburg and Boonsboro use spare change to fund agencies helping those in need. On Monday, organizers of the Change for Change Caring Meters presented their first check, one worth $4,000 made out to to the Interfaith Outreach Association. Shawne Farmer, Interfaith’s executive director, said it’s a lifeline for people behind on utility bills due to COVID-19. Over the next four months, the meters will collect donations through spare change and a QR mobile code to help a different agency.

LYNCHBURG, Va. Some old parking meters in Lynchburg have been refurbished and converted into piggy banks. We need people to clear off their change that they have in their dresser drawers and bring them down, said Peggy Nolley, creator of Change for Change Caring Meters-Lynchburg. Nolley started Change for Change Caring Meters in Lynchburg after seeing the idea in Canada. A gigantic result Nolley said will help Lynchburg-area families. So, I think all the help that they can get even though its not going to be huge dollars, said Libby Fitzgerald, co-partner of Change for Change Caring Meters-Lynchburg.