ST. LOUIS, MO
As part of our continuing mission to donate new LEGO sets to St. Louis-area children’s hospitals, we delivered approximately $1000-worth of sets each to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, and Mercy Hospital St. Louis on Thursday, November 20th. Special thanks again to Karen, our charity coordinator, for playing Santa.
On May 16, 2025, the St. Louis area was hit by a large, destructive tornado. A number of schools were significantly damaged by the storm, impacting their ability to finish the year and even open in the Fall. GtwLUG earmarked part of our charity funds this year to supporting one of the schools affected, and on Wednesday, October 29th two of our club members were able to drop off our donation of 12 LEGO Education BricQ Motion Prime kits to Dr. Christopher Crumble, the principal of Yeatman-Liddell College Preparatory Middle School, which is currently operating out of another school building while the school is being rebuilt. Thanks to club members Zac, Derrek, and Karen (not pictured) for delivering the donation.
Thanks to a generous donation from the Enterprise Mobility Foundation, we were able to drop off 178 polybags and 25 boxed sets at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital on Tuesday, May 13th. Special thanks to Karen and David for making the deliveries.
Thanks to the efforts of some deal-hunters in Gateway LUG combined with some corporate donations and the proceeds from our recent show at the Way of Lights, we were able to drop off a cache of small sets and polybags valued at approximately $1000 each to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, and Mercy Hospital St. Louis on Friday, February 28th. Special thanks as usual to Karen, our charity coordinator, for making the deliveries.
On Tuesday, July 23rd, we donated more small sets and polybags to St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
On Friday, July 19th, club members donated passels of small sets to Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Thanks to everyone who has donated to the club to help make this possible, and thanks as usual to the club members who purchased the items and helped make the deliveries.
On Friday, February 2nd, a club member dropped off another round of donated items to Mercy Hospital St. Louis. We are still going it on our own, as FairyBricks continues to navigate the post-Brexit world of overseas shipping, so all of these 88 sets were procured thanks to some savvy bargain-hunting by club members. Thanks again to all who have donated or participated in our charitable efforts!
On Thursday, November 30th, two club members donated LEGO polybag sets that they purchased to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children – St. Louis. Thanks, Michael and Alan!
On Wednesday, October 11th, various club members distributed donated LEGO sets to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Due to financial issues related to Brexit, FairyBricks, our normal charity partner, is currently unable to ship sets outside of the UK. Rather than wait for these issues to get sorted out, the club elected to donate sets ourselves as well as using donated funds to purchase discounted sets to donate. Thanks to everyone who has donated towards these efforts.
When we started our partnership with Fairy Bricks a few years ago we always intended to go into the hospitals and build with the recipients of the LEGO sets. Up until now, this hasn’t been an option due to COVID-19 protocols, but on August 11th, some club members finally had an opportunity to go in and do some building with some kids on Family Night at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. While we would love to share more photos of us building with the kids, for privacy reasons we were only given permission to post a couple of photos. By all accounts the experience was a positive one both for the families and the club members who took part.
