Talking contribution box

An improved portable talking contribution box for soliciting monetary contributions for a specific predetermined cause having an opaque, substantially square pedestal having a top wall and a bottom wall separated by four equal sized sidewalls defining an interior chamber therebetween, said top wall disposed horizontal to said bottom wall, a transparent enclosure having a substantially square cover bounded along its outer edges by four equally sized sidewalls extending upwardly from said pedestal sidewalls defining an interior chamber for placement over said top wall of said pedestal, said cover having a slot located therein for insertion of currency and coins from above, said interior chamber receiving and retaining said currency and coins, one of said side walls of said enclosure including a hingedly connected access door having a means for locking, said contribution box comprising:

• an exchangeable visual display embodying a specific contributable cause disposed within said interior chamber of said enclosure supported by said top wall of said pedestal;
• a playing means having at least two independently programmable channels, one channel having a programmed message to assimilate said visual display and said contribution cause for acknowledging receipt of a contribution logistically located in said interior chamber of said pedestal and actuated by insertion of currency in said slot;
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• a means for detecting enclosure movement operatively associated with said playing means for activation of a second channel having a prerecorded warning message;
• whereby placement of the visual display within the interior of said enclosure visually illustrates said cause of the request for contribution and wherein insertion of money through said slot is acknowledged by use of said programmed message assimilating the visual display and said contribution cause.