Brickpickers,

 

A local boy is battling a rare form of bone cancer and has been quarantined in his house for months.  His aunt is asking the community to cheer him up with a special Lego wonderland at his school. He was scheduled to make a trip to the Lego world headquarters in Denmark but that has been postponed due to recent setbacks.  

 

Read more here: http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/03/12/Lego-build-aims-to-cheer-ill-boy.html

 

I am planning to donate some sealed sets but I wanted to ask if there was anyone else that would be willing to donate?  The aunt's goal is 10,000 bricks.

 

I am hoping that we can get enough support to turn this into a LEGO Flash Mob. Imagine how awesome it would be if we could send him dozens of sets to build and create with?

 

If you have a set or two you are willing to donate, please PM me and I'll provide the address of their home or school.  I think this is a great way to give back and demonstrate the strength and goodwill of the LEGO community.

 

Thank you for the support.

 

P.S. If this is the wrong forum for this sort of thing, please move this thread.

Sea Cow - he loves Lego Movie sets, right? Why not get him the ultimate...

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Someone just donated $100! 

 

I am speechless.

I'm in for $50 on whatever is up next. Can you PM me the paypal address.

I'm in for $50 on whatever is up next. Can you PM me the paypal address.

 

This is incredible.  Thank you Legodog!

 

We are now at $770 raised for Gavin...we blew away the $650 goal!  BrickPicker members....you should be very proud of what you've done.  We will continue to accept donations so please post here or PM me if you are interested in sending a set directly to Gavin or if you want to contribute money towards the larger sets.

 

Special thanks to Ed and Jeff for providing a forum for this to happen.  What an amazing week!

We will chip in $100 so you can get him two or three large sets...

Any thought to giving his family some of the donation in cash since he obviously will have his hands quite full building for the foreseeable future. I am sure they could use the help as well. 

I am in for $25.  Just PM me your Paypal address.

 

What about an Imperial Shuttle instead of Death Star?  But whatever you decide is cool!

Wife say's I am good for $20 , so PM and I will get it to you later tonight. Thanks for doing this. My wife teaches Special Education, she has the most disabled and medically fragile and this just made our day.    

 

And yes there are Lego's in her class. I hunt all year at thrift shops and yard sales, and sanitize them, she does k-5 and some have oral issues so we do just the big ones.  Still have 1 and a half trunks in reserve in the garage for when she runs low. 

Thank you everyone!  We have now raised $925 for Gavin's LEGO sets!!!

 

Donations have come in from the UK, Canada, Midwest, New England, California...all over!  It's amazing.  Special thanks to DirtyZ for coming up with the idea to contribute money towards the larger sets.  This made it a lot easier for some people to contribute to this cause.  I know some of the gift packages are already on their way so thank you to everyone who shipped him something.  

 

I'd like to buy him the sets this week so please send me your pledge and donations by Sunday evening.  If you would still like to donate or send him something, please PM me or post here and I'll get you the information.  

 

If you still want to contribute a cash donation after this weekend, the family has established the

Over 90% of the original $925 that was pledged has been collected.

 

So far this is what we are planning to buy him:

• Ewok Village ($250, Amazon)
• Arkham Asylum Breakout ($160, Amazon)
• Batcave ($70, Amazon)

The Sea Cow is another obvious choice, but I'm not sure if he's had the opportunity to see the movie yet. Maybe that doesn't even matter since it will be on Blu-ray/DVD soon enough.  I might ask the Aunt to buy it just so I don't earn any VIP points.  I don't want to benefit at all from this.  In fact, I'm covering the Paypal transaction fees on all the donations.

 

We were also thinking it would be cool to get him a minifig display case like the one displayed below. They run $100-200, depending on the size.  I figure with all the sets he will be getting, it would be nice for him to organize the figs.  I met a guy at Brickworld Indy who makes these.  He said he would meet me halfway to avoid shipping costs. They are custom to order but I can probably talk him into expediting this request.

 

What do you guys think.....Ewok Village, Asylum Breakout, Batcave, Sea Cow and custom minifig case?

 

Spot on. Love it.

Any thought to giving his family some of the donation in cash since he obviously will have his hands quite full building for the foreseeable future. I am sure they could use the help as well. 

 

If you still want to contribute a cash donation after this weekend, the family has established the

Love the choices. All have great playability. Big thumbs up on the display case. Sweet! Great work BrickLegacy & everyone else who has contributed.

From the picture I saw he is going to be very very busy lego building.  Maybe the family can use the money more than the lego?

I'm late to the thread.  Is it too late to send a Lego set?  Or is it easier to just donate money?

I'm late to the thread.  Is it too late to send a Lego set?  Or is it easier to just donate money?

 

Definitely not too late!  I'll PM you their address if you want to send him a set. 

 

If you prefer to send a monetary donation, here is that information.  We raised enough money to cover the LEGO sets and minifigure shelf so if you want to help the family directly, this is a great option:

 

Also Many have inquired about where to send donations. Please send donations to any Ohio Fifth Third Bank, or send directly to Fifth Third Bank, 440 Dixie Highway, Rossford, Ohio, 43460. Phone: 1-419-666-5767. There is an account designated for Gavin. Checks should be made out as follows: FOR THE BENEFIT OF GAVIN BOGGS. Thank you

I received confirmation from his Aunt that the Sea Cow is on his wish list so I placed that order right away.

 

I don't think any more resources should be pooled into buying more sets. I say that with the best intentions

I don't think any more resources should be pooled into buying more sets. I say that with the best intentions

 

We asked everyone to submit their final pledge by Sunday evening so all further donations can be directed to the family.  Details on where to send those donations are above.

 

Here is a quick update on the donations for the sets:

 

We received $839.01 via Paypal after transaction fees. I am covering the transaction fees so adding that back ($25.99) plus my original pledge of $40, brings us to $905.00 (one $20 pledge is still outstanding).  We purchased 4 sets that totaled $746.35.  The remaining balance of $158.65 will go towards the minifigure shelf, or if that plan doesn't work out, another larger set.

Just wanted to say thanks for doing this and giving us a chance to help out. He is going to be a happy camper.

He is going to be a happy camper.

Hopefully some day he will be a healthy one too. Then he can build with friends as well as family.

The sets all arrived safely from Amazon and LEGO Shop at Home.  We are picking up the minifig shelf next week and plan to give everything to Gavin next weekend!  I'll post pics here.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cool. I wonder if we could make this into some kind of annual thing, even if we just pick a children's hospital or like in this case a local child who could use a smile.

Thanks again for all the work you put into this.

Cool. I wonder if we could make this into some kind of annual thing, even if we just pick a children's hospital or like in this case a local child who could use a smile.

 

His aunt actually mentioned that to me.  I think its a great idea.  Hopefully we can make it happen.