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Original Message:
Sent: 12/29/2021 6:30:00 PM
From: Dianna Anderson
Subject: charge card scanners for donations

Our museum does not charge admission and we have an old-fashioned donation box near the door.  One of our visitors came in and he said that some  museums have a charge card scanner for donations.  Does anyone out there have one?  What companies sell them?  How do they work?  This sounds like a great idea since many people don't carry much cash anymore.

Dianna Anderson

Kern Valley Museum

You might consider a sign in your Museum Store asking if visitors want to "round up" and/or put the suggestion that donations may be made in the Store on your donation box.

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Rebecca Petrie
Retail Manager
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Seminole Tribe of Florida
Clewiston FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-29-2021 06:29 PM
From: Dianna Anderson
Subject: charge card scanners for donations

Our museum does not charge admission and we have an old-fashioned donation box near the door.  One of our visitors came in and he said that some  museums have a charge card scanner for donations.  Does anyone out there have one?  What companies sell them?  How do they work?  This sounds like a great idea since many people don't carry much cash anymore.

Dianna Anderson

Kern Valley Museum

KMAC Museum uses Dipjar - it's at our front desk and is what we use for admission, membership, donation bars, raffle tickets, etc. etc
very handy

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Michelle Staggs
Interim Director/ Dir of Development & Community Outreach
KMAC Museum
Louisville KY
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-29-2021 06:29 PM
From: Dianna Anderson
Subject: charge card scanners for donations

Our museum does not charge admission and we have an old-fashioned donation box near the door.  One of our visitors came in and he said that some  museums have a charge card scanner for donations.  Does anyone out there have one?  What companies sell them?  How do they work?  This sounds like a great idea since many people don't carry much cash anymore.

Dianna Anderson

Kern Valley Museum

I was just going to suggest the same thing. We use these for general donations (next to our traditional cash donation boxes) as well as for "suggested donations" for specific activities during public programs (eg. face painting).

https://www.dipjar.com/

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Michelle Sass
Visitor Engagement Navigator
Missouri History Museum
Saint Louis MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-30-2021 08:47 AM
From: Michelle Staggs
Subject: charge card scanners for donations

KMAC Museum uses Dipjar - it's at our front desk and is what we use for admission, membership, donation bars, raffle tickets, etc. etc
very handy

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Michelle Staggs
Interim Director/ Dir of Development & Community Outreach
KMAC Museum
Louisville KY

Original Message:
Sent: 12-29-2021 06:29 PM
From: Dianna Anderson
Subject: charge card scanners for donations

Our museum does not charge admission and we have an old-fashioned donation box near the door.  One of our visitors came in and he said that some  museums have a charge card scanner for donations.  Does anyone out there have one?  What companies sell them?  How do they work?  This sounds like a great idea since many people don't carry much cash anymore.

Dianna Anderson

Kern Valley Museum