Do You Need to Remove Barcodes from Donated Toys Because People Exchange Them for Cigarettes and Beer? A yearly social media moral panic involves the purported return of toys donated to needy children so their parents can buy beer and cigarettes — based on stories that have already been debunked by retailers.
Is a Facebook Post About Stolen ‘Toys for Tots’ Christmas Gifts Legitimate? On December 3 2018, a Facebook user named Danny Rice shared the following image and caption (archived here): Please pray for us our Toys For Tots storage container were broken into and our toys taken! We have over 1,500 families to serve on the 15th please pray The post appeared with only a photograph of […]
