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.

The event started at Dante’s in 2011, the brainchild of comedian and host Aaron Ross. He was one of the hosts of Dante’s Sinferno cabaret show then, and someone suggested they put on a toy drive. That first year, they made $500, enough to fill a little red wagon with toys.

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