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Re: LEGO bricks not only go under the tree at Christmas.....
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Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:40:35 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, James Trobaugh writes:
> LEGO bricks not only go under the tree at Christmas, at this year’s Festival
> of Trees will be on the tree.
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> Atlanta, Ga. – The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) is proud to
> announce their participation in the 25th Annual Festival of Trees. The NGLTC
> will be presenting a tree decorated with ornaments built completely from
> LEGO bricks. The collection of ornaments will include designs by the LEGO
> Company’s own Master Builders, creations from NGLTC club members plus a wide
> variety of ornaments built by children who are patients with the Children’s
> Healthcare of Atlanta.
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> The Festival of Trees is a yearly fundraiser for Children's Healthcare of
> Atlanta (http://www.choa.org/festival/default.shtml). Different groups and
> companies put together Christmas trees displays that are auctioned off via a
> silent auction. The trees are on display to the public for the week.
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> The NGLTC will be visiting the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta hospital on
> November 4th and setting up a building session for a group of patients. The
> ornaments created by the imaginative builders will be used to decorate the
> tree. Each ornament will be labeled with the child’s name and age.
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> Along with the LEGO decorated tree, the display will include a functioning
> LEGO railway, children building area and some LEGO related items to be
> auctioned off.
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> LEGO Direct (www.lego.com), a division of the LEGO Group, have donated the
> bricks and designs used in many of the ornaments as well as the LEGO sets
> that are to be auctioned off separately from the tree.
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> Be sure to come to this year’s Festival of Trees and visit the North Georgia
> LEGO Train Club’s special tree.
Wow this rocks!What a great way for a club to give back:-)
>
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> James J. Trobaugh
> North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> http://www.ngltc.org
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