Canna-Charity: Black Friday Edition

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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