For the love of Legos
Spectrum Local News | Author: VICTORIA WRESILO | WAKE COUNTY | PUBLISHED 3:04 PM ET JUL. 06, 2022
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For the love of Legos: Cary teen donating to children in need
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Anderson Colantouni, 17, is sharing his love of Legos with others through his nonprofit, Kids Need Bricks
He donates Legos to foster homes, children's centers, orphanages and nonprofits in the Raleigh area
His first large donation went to a Raleigh nonprofit, Children's Flight of Hope
“I always loved the design, the building, the idea of creating something from nothing,” Colantouni said. “And when you just have a bin of pieces, the opportunities are almost endless.”
Anderson Colantouni is sharing his love of Legos with children all over the Raleigh area.
The Cary Academy student started reselling his Legos at local flea markets. But when those were forced to close during the pandemic, he started his nonprofit Kids Need Bricks.
Now he donates Legos to foster homes, children's centers, orphanages and nonprofits.
"I always loved the design, the building, the idea of creating something from nothing," Colantouni said. "And when you just have a bin of pieces, the opportunities are almost endless." His first large donation is going to the Raleigh nonprofit Children's Flight of Hope. It provides flights to specialized medical care for kids. And medical care is a topic close to Colantouni's heart.
His dad, Michael, is partially paralyzed from a motorcycle accident that damaged his spinal cord. He now mostly uses a wheelchair to get around."Living with my father I have always known that there are struggles that he has to go through and endure," Anderson Colantouni said. "Knowing that he is a full-grown adult ... and he still has to take care of me, I can't imagine what it's like for families having to deal with children that are 6 or 7 years old," he said.
Colantouni hopes to ease some of those struggles, and it's why he donated 50 sets of Legos to Children's Flight of Hope.
