Designated parking meters — converted to accept donations for services for the homeless — are being installed at various locations where panhandling is most prevalent. The objective of this program is ...

DAYTONA BEACH — For those who want to help the homeless, just look for the bright orange device that looks like a parking meter. The city is in the process of placing donation devices that look and ...

Feeding the new donation meters at City Hall will not stave off parking tickets, but it will help fight homelessness. The initiative, “Give Change to Make Change,” is part of an effort to address the ...

The nine purple “donation station” parking meters in downtown Iowa City have raked in $900 for local nonprofit organizations in eight months. And soon, they may become public artwork. The city ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Monterey >> Five donation meters have been installed by the city ...

A growing number of U.S. cities are revamping parking meters to collect money for the homeless, USA Today says. At least 16 cities, including Las Vegas, Nashville, and Virginia Beach, Va., this year, ...

LOS ANGELES — It’s a quandary faced by anyone who’s been asked for money by a homeless person: Will my spare change stave off hunger or support an addiction? Pasadena, Calif., is now testing an ...

The streets of New Haven will soon see the addition of 10 “donation meters”: parking-meter-like devices that will accept cash donations to help the homeless. The Board of Alders moved forward on ...

Twenty-four-year-old Alicia Herrera doesn't want to ask people for money. With a 14-month-old son and electric bills to pay during a record-breaking hot summer, though, she has no other choice. If the ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new program benefiting the homeless kicks off Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. The first of six homeless donation meters will open up in Grand Park. City Councilman ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A new parking meter was installed in Breakers Oceanfront Park near the boardwalk, but the money it collects doesn't pay for parking — instead, it collects donations for Daytona ...