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Brick by brick, Lego build takes over Irwin church

Quincey Reese
Quincey Reese
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Kids and parents place their creations on a Lego roadway in order to form a town on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Jacob Illar, 6, of North Huntingdon, checks out a detail for the town children made from Lego bricks on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Sadie Yunn, 7, of North Huntingdon, works on her Lego design for the town that students were creating on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Organizer Keith Harmon (back right) laughs as all the final creations are combined to form a town on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Kids and parents place their creations on a Lego roadway in order to form a town on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Kids dig through containers of Lego building bricks looking for pieces for their creations on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Grayson Yunn, 5, of North Huntingdon, digs through containers of Lego bricks for his creation on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Kids prepare their final creations to make a full town scene on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin. Organizer Keith Harmon tasked participants with building a house or building, and combining them to make a town.
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Johnathan Rochford, 9, of North Huntingdon, tests out a Lego character on a Lego slide he built on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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David Taylor, of Penn, helps his two sons, Dylan Taylor, 6, at right, and Brennan Taylor, 9, as they create Lego structures on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Declan Duckett, 8, of North Huntingdon, focuses on his Lego build on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Aynsley Crissman, 9, of North Huntingdon, center, tries out a Lego slide as children place their final builds into a town on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.
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Sadie Yunn, 7, of North Huntingdon, works on her Lego design for the town that students were creating on Feb. 17 during the inaugural community Lego building event at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.

Keith Harmon estimates he has more than 200 pounds of Lego bricks in his Penn Township home.

In February, the colorful toy bricks were put to use in a community Lego building event Harmon hosted at his church, First Presbyterian Church in Irwin.

“There’s not a lot of room to move (in my house),” Harmon joked. “I have Lego stuff pretty much anywhere you can imagine.”

Harmon started a Lego Club at the church and Level Green Elementary School, where his son is a first grade student. He was inspired to start the clubs because of his family’s enjoyable experience building with Legos at home.

Harmon gathered Lego donations from friends, family members and other families within the district. He reached out to community members selling Legos on Facebook Marketplace, many of whom agreed to give away the bricks free of charge.

Harmon plans to task the participants with themes to help guide their building at future meetings.

“I want them to be able to be creative and use their imagination,” Harmon said. “I want them to express themselves.”

The club will meet at Level Green Elementary from 6 to 7 p.m. on the last Tuesday of March and April, and Harmon hopes to revive the club next school year. To stay up to date with the club’s happenings, parents can visit Level Green Brick Builders on Facebook.

Dates and registration information for future building events at First Presbyterian Church can be found at First Presby Irwin Brick Squad on Facebook.

Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.

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