This Lego Contest Tasked Contestants With Building Their Dream Houses. The Proceeds Will Go To Real Homes For Low-Income Families

This Lego Contest Tasked Contestants With Building Their Dream Houses. The Proceeds Will Go To Real Homes For Low-Income Families

This Lego Contest Tasked Contestants With Building Their Dream Houses. The Proceeds Will Go To Real Homes For Low-Income Families This summer marks 75 years of Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship serving neighbors in need in Lynchburg, Virginia.  This year, they decided to try out a new fundraising method: Hosting a community-wide LEGO contest.  “It is the first annual event,” Connie Snavely, the executive director of Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship, told local news outlet WSET. “We are celebrating our 75th anniversary of Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship, our nonprofit.” “We provide affordable housing, so it seemed like the perfect fit to do a LEGO build contest,” she continued. “We were very pleased with all of the [responses]. All but one of our 14 entries are from youth and children. It became a family affair in some cases.”  Snavely invited people both in and out of Lynchburg, Virginia to take part in the competition by voting for their favorite designs online.  Each vote directly donates $1 to su…