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For many people, the holidays don’t officially kick off until Thanksgiving (AKA “Native Peoples Regret Not Building a Wall Day”), and for others it’s the following day, Black Friday. Many of us will be taking advantage of deep discounts at local dispensaries for Black Friday—especially with some stores knocking 50 percent off selected items.

So for this Black Friday edition of Canna Charities, we present a long list of places where you can score yourself whatever form of jazz tobacco you favor this Friday, while also improving the lives of less fortunate children—because that is a worthy goal, and you aren’t a monster. It’s such a worthy goal, consider giving this list to friends, and suggest that instead of buying things for each other, you pool your funds and spend that gift money toward this project. Seriously, do you really need more stuff?

The program is Ripped City’s “Give Back Toy Drive,” and they’ve made it easy for people to participate by placing collection boxes at dozens of dispensaries around the state. Bring in a new, unwrapped toy and drop it off at the designated donation box, then buy yourself some cannabis because you just did a good thing and deserve a treat.

This is the second year for this toy drive, and last year Ripped City recruited 20 dispensaries as collection points, and received $15,000 worth of toys, all of which were distributed by the Boys and Girls Aid. This year, there are dozens of dispensaries already signed on, with a goal of collecting $45,000 worth of toys. (If you work for or own a dispensary and would like to participate, they are actively recruiting, and can be reached here.

You have until December 20 to get your toy(s) to a participating dispensary or the NW Cannabis Club. The following are current as of this writing, but check in with the website for the most up to date list.

Cured Green: 3715 N Lombard

Oregon Weedery: 2312 NW Kearney

gräs: 621 SE 7th

Stumptown: 10587 SE 82nd, Happy Valley

Puddletown: 8201 SE Powell, Suite F

Portland Pot Shop: 4730 N Lombard

1 draw 2: 11711 NE Halsey

Kings of Canna: 1465 NE Prescott, Suite C

Floyd's: 5944 NE Sandy

Floyd's: 801 NE Broadway

Floyd's: 5217 SE 28th

Floyd's: 9240 N Whitaker

Plus: 45 NE 122nd

Green Remedy: 12507 SE Powell

Cannabliss Firehouse: 1917 SE 7th

Cannabliss: 8701 SE Powell

Cannabliss Burnside: 2231 W Burnside, #3521

Capitol Green Leaf: 1890 Capitol St NE, Salem

Growing ReLeaf: 4160 SW 109th Ave, Beaverton

Herbal Grasslands: 1130 Royvonne Ave SE #104, Salem

Local Leaf: 7570 SW 74th Ave

Oregon Bud Company: 3270 SW Cedar Hills Blvd #104, Beaverton

Portland Best Buds: 6313 N Lombard, Suite B

Gram Central Station: 6430 NE Martin Luther King Jr

Local Herb Collective: 15948 SE Division

Green Oasis SE: 1035 SE Tacoma

Green Oasis NE: 3944 NE Cully

Farm Grass Table PDX: 851 NE Columbia

Farm Grass Table Hood River:4140 Westcliff Dr, Hood River

Oregon Bud Company Clackamas: 16631 SE 82nd Dr, Clackamas

Alternative Remedies: 8109 SE Flavel

Happy Leaf: 1301 NE Broadway

Dime Store: 8218 SE Holgate

Western Oregon Cannabis Newberg: 1013 N Springbrook Rd, Newberg

Western Oregon Cannabis NW: 760 NW Dale

Mindrite: 1780 NW Marshall

Flower Shop Division: 12550 SE Division

Flower Shop Scappoose: 56821 Columbia River Hwy, Warren

Budlandia Woodward: 8135 SE Woodward

Budlandia Division: 16440 SE Division

Exodus: 16211 SE Powell

Americanna: 8654 NE Sandy

Top Hat:11916 SE 22nd, Suite B

Power Plant: 10215 SE Foster

Frontier Farms: 602 Oak St, Hood River

Tropicannabis Club: 1817 Cascade Ave #1101, Hood River

Southeast Barber Co: 5528 SE Woodstock

Mr. Nice Guy Holgate: 11030 SE Holgate

Amberlight: 2407 SE 49th

Green Mountain Fire: 21951 SE Stark, Gresham

NW Cannabis Club: 1195 SE Powell

Plane Jane's: 10530 NE Simpson

Tetra Troutdale: 809 NE Harlow, Troutdale

Tetra Belmont: 4011 SE Belmont

Truly Pure: 1006 SE Grand Ave #104