CNY Chapter — Syracuse & Surrounding Area

Pass
The Bricks.
Change a Day.

Gently used LEGO® → someone who needs it

You've got a bin of LEGO® collecting dust. Somewhere in CNY, there's a kid — or an adult — who has never had the chance to sit down and just build something. We connect those two things, one brick at a time.

100% Stays Local
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The Process

From your bin to
someone's big build

Four simple steps take your gently-used LEGO® from a dusty storage tub to a corner somewhere in CNY, in the hands of someone who never saw it coming.

01

You Donate

Drop off your gently-used LEGO® — loose bricks, partial sets, minifigs. Clean and sorted is great, but we'll work with what you've got.

02

We Sort & Pack

Volunteers sort the bricks into 30–90 piece build sets, each carefully curated to be genuinely fun and buildable in a single sitting.

03

We Hit the Corner

We set up on street corners across CNY and offer people a chance to build themselves as a minifig and take home a set — no strings attached.

04

They Build & Keep It

Every person walks away with their minifig and their set. It's theirs. That's it. That's the whole thing.

We love
these bricks.

Genuine LEGO® brand only. Clean, intact, and ready to build with again.

  • Genuine LEGO® brand bricks
  • Clean — washed and fully dried
  • No cracks, bite marks, or heavy staining
  • Loose system bricks, any color
  • Minifigures — heads, torsos, legs, accessories
  • Plates, slopes, and specialty pieces
  • Complete or partial sets (no box needed)
  • Original instruction booklets — bonus!

These stay
at home.

We're picky because every set we hand out has to be something worth building.

  • Mega Bloks, Duplo knock-offs, or off-brand bricks
  • Chewed, cracked, melted, or broken pieces
  • Non-LEGO® accessories mixed in
  • Rust-stained or moldy bricks
  • Electronic components without testing
"Your Ninja Turtle collection is genuinely cool. It just doesn't snap together with a 2×4 red brick. Keep it. Frame it. It's a conversation piece."
Who gets to build today?
30–90 pieces each
Build it. Keep it. Yours.

Everyone gets
a turn to build.

"I stop on street corners and offer people a chance to build."

We show up in Syracuse and the surrounding communities — no appointment, no application. We hand someone a set of bricks and a few minifig parts and say: build yourself.

For a lot of people, that's the first time anyone's ever handed them something and just said go. No right answer. No wrong answer. Just bricks and whatever they feel like making.

Kids. Adults. It doesn't matter. Everyone gets a turn.