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Turns out the biggest donation of toys to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital each year doesn’t come from the drop box in the lobby of your dentist’s office. It doesn’t come from the toy drive at your veterinarian, your kid’s school, or a local broadcast news station. Nope—it comes from strippers.

Portland strippers have donated $183,000 worth of toys over the past 14 years to Doernbecher as the result of an annual event called Tatas for Toys. This year’s show will be held Dec. 16 at a new venue, the Alberta Rose Theatre.

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of the woman who called dozens of churches asking for baby formula for a starving baby in a social experiment, and only 3 were willing to help immediately. Seems like the overwhelming majority of congregations have other priorities that don't align with what they preach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPYBE6gRJA

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

When you deep dive into this it gets better. Most of the churches are legally barred from being food banks and did not have any formula for her. The Catholic Church specifically that she called even offered to call around to other food banks and see if they could find any for her, but she still listed the church in the red.

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