U.S. charities like Toys for Tots, the Salvation Army, and Goodwill are working overtime to check toy donations for dangerous recalled toys. That is, if they're accepting toy donations at all: Goodwill stores and Salvation Army stores in a number of places across the country are simply choosing not to deal with the problem at all due to staff limitations or choices about culpability.
You weren't considering foisting off that Easy-Bake Oven, Lead Version Dora, Thomas the Lead Engine, or Aqua-Dots Psychadelia Set on a charity, were you? Good. Didn't think so.
But apparently, many people are. Perhaps unintentionally, but the result is the same: charities staff are having to double-check incoming toys against an ever-growing long list of recalled toys. Goodwill has always had a policy of checking toys against recall lists, but obviously that list is much longer now.
Which means that the charities have fewer resources to devote to other things that matter.
