WHS Student Gets $12,000 Grant From Palm Beach Philanthropy Tank Program
A Wellington High School student decided to make his dreams a reality when he created an organization that donates Lego pieces to children’s hospitals. He took his work one step further when he applied to pitch his idea at the Palm Beach Philanthropy Tank program, and he ended up receiving $12,000 recently that will go toward his cause.
Daniel Clein, 17, founded Bricks Busting Boredom, an organization that collects hundreds of pounds of new and lightly used Lego toys and donates them to the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Broward County. It was explained to Clein that Legos are in high demand, but are in short supply at hospitals, so Clein and his family started reaching out to other people, and eventually local Palm Beach County schools, in an effort to get Lego donations.