Creations For Charity : helping underprivileged children

 

  • Creations For Charity : helping underprivileged children

    Posted by Huw, 16 Oct 2012 07:53. Filed under Miscellaneous.

    Creations for Charity is an annual fundraising event to give new and official LEGO sets to underprivileged children during the holidays, which is organised by top MOCer Nannan.

    The charity raises money by selling custom LEGO creations made by LEGO builders from all over the world.

    Since 2009, they have raised about $17,000 and donated over 1,100 brand new LEGO sets to organisations like Toys for Tots, Make-A-Wish, and children's hospitals across multiple cities in the US.

    This year, they are expanding their donations to two countries outside the US: Chile and Croatia, and they need a lot more funds to to make this happen.

    So how can you help?

    • Buy custom models and other donated items in the CfC BrickLink store
    • Donate a model to be sold there
    • If there's nothing there that takes your fancy, you can commission a model to be made just for you, or simply donate the sum of your choosing at Indiego. There are a number of incentives available, some of which are very cool indeed.

    Find out more in the forum, or head on over to the official CfC site. This is a very worthy cause and I encourage you to, in Nannan's words, "Join the crowd and take part in the LEGO community's annual tradition of giving back!"


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Posted by orwellian in United States, 16 Oct 2012 13:30

I'm all for "giving back" but does anyone else feel like these are priced too high? I do think it's a worthy cause, but I think the charity would be more successful at generating the money if the MOCs were even just a little more attainable.

I don't want to talk badly about anyone's creations so I won't list anything specific here, but it just seems like there's an expectation here that people will pay high prices for things that they might sorta want only because it's for charity.

Posted by Nightshroud99 in Canada, 16 Oct 2012 13:33

I agree with you, these are a bit pricey.

Posted by PocasNuckie in Portugal, 16 Oct 2012 13:41

I am with you guys. I really wanted that Katana, but at that price... Charity is all good but not at all cost... :/

Posted by Nannan in United States, 16 Oct 2012 14:27

There are other ways to help besides making a purchase. You can donate a creation and get reimbursed for the cost of making it, so essentially you're donating just your time.

The prices may seem high because these are almost always original and one-of-a-kind LEGO creations. A medium sized creation usually takes hours or even days, and the LEGO bricks aren’t cheap either. If we lower the prices, our small inventory would sell out in no time to the thousands of visitors to our store. The vast majority of our creations eventually sell, but we could always use more MOC donations!

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