Every year, I take my boys out shopping and have them pick out a kickass toy. Legos are good, since I've never seen a kid that doesn't like them. Any toy that isn't cheap and doesn't need any batteries. Then we go donate them, usually at a church or local organization. Basically, any place where the system manipulators aren't going to be.
We also go buy a big ass bag of dog food and cat food and a big box of bones and take those to the animal shelter...most of the dogs and cats I've met in my life are pretty cool and my dogs always come from the shelter.
My fat little Princess is from the Humane society, she sat there for over a year before I scooped her up.
