Another Big Give and Campaign Wrap Up

2023 started off with a campaign to give 15% of the profits from the Bricks for Bricks Bricklink store to the Ronald McDonald House of Northwest Florida. Little did I know when the campaign started that a co-worker of mine would spend almost a month staying there while his child was in the hospital. Having this place for him to stay, get food, do laundry, and rest was huge while his child was recovering and I’m super stoked to be able to give to them so others can have the same experience.

From 1 January to 30 June 2023, we raised $423 from the profits at the store for the Ronald McDonald house. Thank you to everyone who supported our efforts. The donation is in and it is going to wherever they need help the most.

Happy building!

End of 2022 Campaign Results - A Change of Plan

16 Feb 23 update: It took a few weeks for me to post this, but the Chalk Guy crew took a picture for us to use on the site. It has their branding and some of the sets we sent their way. Thank you!

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The good news is that we had $460 from the campaign at the end of 2022 to give from our Bricklink store sales. The plan was to give to Brick Dreams. We supported them before back in 2018 and their goal of giving foster kids bricks to play with while in transition. I reached out to them about sending them funds or LEGO bricks. Sadly, I didn’t hear back. Perhaps their organization no longer exists? Well I appreciate all they did in the past.

I searched for someone to replace Brick Dreams at the last minute. I made sure to pay attention to last post/update dates. It seems like there are numerous groups that used to collect and donate LEGO sets, but many of them are no longer active (the pandemic seems to have taken out a bunch). And then I found the Chalkguy LEGO Service Project.

Some background… This drive was started back in 2012 in Carmel, Indiana (near Indianapolis) by Ben Glenn. Ben was looking for a way to teach his daughters about giving and what started as a lesson turned into an ongoing project. They gave away two sets in 2012 and by 2019 they distributed 1,006 sets. In 2022 they gave away 514 sets. Well with our $460, we got them started off on the right foot with 12 brand new sets ranging from Star Wars to Speed Champions to Creator 3-in-1 to #10280-1: Flower Bouquet. Where do all of these sets go? Ben and team distribute them across his local area to various organizations trying to make life a little better for kids and their families.

If you live near Indianapolis or if you’d like to donate, you can find out how here.

Thanks to everyone who purchased from our Bricklink store in 2022. We look forward to giving more in 2023!

Happy building!

A new Giving Campaign Starts - 1 June to 31 December 2022 - Brick Dreams

If you’ve followed Bricks for Bricks for a while or have spent some time on our site, you’ll see that we had campaigns for Brick Dreams in 2017 and 2018. Well after a few years, I looked and they are still at their awesome work. So why not send some bricks their way so they can use them to help others?

In case you didn’t click the link above, Brick Dreams was founded in 2012 with a goal of collecting used bricks and giving them to kids in need. They made kits for kids in foster homes and those who get moved around by Child Protective Services a lot. They are still doing it today.

From 1 June 2022 until 31 December 2022, 15% of the profits from sales at Bricks for Bricks will go towards Brick Dreams. Instead of sending them three boxes of new Bricks, let’s see if we can send them 30 or 50 or 100…

By the way, you can support them directly too if you want. Go to their site here to see how you can give bricks or cash to support their efforts.

Thank you for support! Happy building!