Third-grader Dixon Dubow of Raleigh, North Carolina, became intent on collecting as many LEGO bricks as possible to help students in New Orleans. Dubow brought the idea to his Cub Scout Pack, and the group of 100 boys dipped into their personal LEGO brick collections, solicited local businesses and asked their classmates for donations. Led by Dubow, the Pack was able to collect more than 45,000 LEGO bricks as part of the LEGO nationwide brick drive for News Orleans schools.
Thirteen-year-old Ben Lewis (second from Left) of Potomac, Maryland, worked with his local Habitat for Humanity chapter to organize a special LEGO building event - called "Lego Blitz Build" - during one of the organization's regular "Blitz Build" projects. Ben and his friends, too young to build houses, gathered with other young volunteers to solicit donations that were used to build LEGO houses. In total, Ben helped collect 50,000 LEGO bricks for New Orleans schools.
At the start of the new school year, Jacquie DeFreze, a fifth grade teacher from Rye, New Hampshire, kicked off a LEGO brick drive in her school with more than 300 students participating. Jacquie mobilized her fifth grade student council and sent home fliers to all Rye Elementary School students asking for each one to bring in a donation. In just over one month, the small school collected a combined total of 7,763 bricks. |
