Our Mission
At Bricks4DC, we aim to support underprivileged kids in communities around DC. We do this by bringing sanitized community-donated LEGO® bricks to DC family shelters and teaching engineering skills along with free play at monthly classes. We look at it as a way for the kids to learn and engage when having some fun during a difficult time.
Our Story
My name is Luke Voss and I'm a high school student in Washington, DC. Back in 2022 during the pandemic, I wanted to find a way to give back to my community. I sought an activity that involved my love for LEGO® building, a passion I've had since childhood and a fun hobby I wanted to share with other kids. I came across the Brooks Short Term Housing Shelter, and after many calls back and forth with the director, I finally set up the first class, bringing a few LEGO® sets to the shelter.
I joined a Zoom meeting with some of the kids living there and taught them how to build these sets, brick by brick. Since then, I have been teaching monthly classes in person for kids as well as their parents who often want to play with the LEGO® bricks too.
I have received over $5,000 in grants to fund this project and have since expanded to more DC shelters. In November of 2025, I completed my Eagle Scout Project to create permanent LEGO® play and storage tables in the shelters for kids to play on their own time as well. As part of the project, I collected over 700 pounds of LEGO®s which I then sorted and sanitized with the help of my Scout Troop. We delivered the LEGO®s and storage tables to all of the family shelters in Washington, DC and my project was awarded the Eagle Scout Project of the Year for the National Capital Area Council.
With so much community support, I decided keep the momentum going. Bricks4DC is now a 501(c)(3) and is growing by resuming brick collections and recruiting volunteers. Our goal is to continue these classes and to expand to all shelters across DC, reaching more kids and sharing with them the fun of LEGO® building.
