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We are trying open up the process of picking a charity for the 6th Annual ALLCIty Toy Ride
Please cast your vote by midnight.
If you feel strongly about this, let us know who you are voting for and why
it will help others make their choice.
PAST CHARITIES INCLUDE:
• Los Angeles Department of Child Protective Services
• LAFD Spark of Love
• The Alliance for Children's RIghts (2x)
• East LA Woman's Center
I understand trying to help a local cause, but what about donating to something more substantial - like to indigenous communities that are trying to stop the Keystone XL pipeline/ tar sands project in canada - one of the biggest most toxic petroleum extraction attempts in recorded history. (the tar sands are bigger than the state of NY and require 3 barrels of water for every 1 barrel of oil)
... and then I remembered our donations are toys... maybe we could start collecting money this year? All those cheap toys bought in 7-11 before the ride support some shady business.
This is the All City Toy Ride.
There are 364 other days to make a ride that supports any other worthy cause.
Anybody who knows a kid or remembers being a kid remembers, how rad it is to have a toy to play with.
Good toys can also be developmental / learning tools.
It is possible to buy a sustainable toy or make one.
Howeverm the path of least resistance (for toys and most other thing in life) is to buy something cheap and crapy from a corporate outlet and produced with in-ethical labor standards.
If anybody wants to devote the time and energy to help people find ethical / sustainable toys. We all welcome that. Join Our Google Group
This is a do-acracy, as we say.
Everybody is welcome to step up and help grow and improve this ride/ tradition.
trickmilla responding to a comment by newarkhouse
10.19.11 - 8:06 pm
Actually there is no other right now it was me testing to see how it'd work yesterday and then not being able to completely reset the form before going live.
So far:
Alliance For Children's Rights: 9
LA Children's Hospital: 8
LA Public Services: 1
Other: 0
If you have another charity vote for it and put up some info about the cause here!
et responding to a comment by hipster
10.20.11 - 10:03 am
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