News: Relief Efforts

Helping Those in Need: The AFOL Relief Effort
Article by Joe Meno

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the images that were shown on the news showed a disaster like none other in recent memory. People were stranded on house roofs and in shelters, some being plucked by rescue helicopters and others rescued by National Guardsmen. Families were displaced and evacuated, and there was an outcry for help.

It took a couple of days for me to fully understand the scope of the disaster, but I was watching local groups organize donation drives for the care organizations that were stepping in to provide disaster aid.

From there, an idea came out: a relief effort on the part of the AFOL community. I presented the idea out to some people in the community, who were very supportive and offered help and suggestions. The strongest suggestion was to join up with the LEGO group in some kind of effort.