Bricks4DC
We are a student-run nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that focuses on bringing the joy of LEGO® building to youth currently living in family housing shelters.
We collect community-donated LEGO® bricks, then sort and sanitize them to bring to volunteer-led classes at the shelters throughout DC. The kids are able to be creative and learn problem solving skills, all while having fun building. They participate in engineering challenges given to them in monthly classes, as we aim to have them learn as they play.
THANK YOU to our 100+ volunteers at our latest sorting event!
Over 700 pounds of bricks will be sanitized and brought to our partner shelters in DC and to new ones in
Maryland and Virginia!
We have collected over 1,400 pounds of LEGO®s to give to family shelters throughout the DC area
Bricks4DC profile on FOX5 DC
Donations from the LEGO® drive at Troop 100's Pancake Breakfast
Sorting through donated LEGO® bricks at our latest event
Donated LEGO® Minifigures drying after being sanitized
Bricks4DC featured in studio on FOX5
Constructing play tables that store the LEGO®s with a
brick play surface on top
What started as a virtual LEGO® building class in 2020 has become a city-wide project, reaching over 1,500 children in 8 shelters over five years!
Our Shelters
We donate clean bricks to all family shelters in DC
and currently provide our classes to these shelters:
Ward 1
Ward 3
Ward 8
Our Partners
