We currently need volunteers
to help sort bricks!
SIGN UP HERE to volunteer at our next sorting event:
Sunday, September 20th from 1-5pm
Tenley-Friendship Library
(4450 Wisconsin Ave NW)
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.
We have collected over 1,300 pounds of LEGO®s to give to family shelters throughout Washington, DC
Donations from the LEGO® drive at Troop 100's Annual Pancake Breakfast
Donated LEGO® Minifigures drying after being sanitized
Sorting through donated LEGO® bricks
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
