{"id":169438,"date":"2022-12-15T14:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=169438"},"modified":"2022-12-15T16:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T21:30:32","slug":"newyork-build-friendships-one-brick-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newyork\/build-friendships-one-brick-at-a-time","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies Build Friendships One Brick at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;169446&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<em>From the Queensbury School<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Queensbury Middle School sixth grader Chesyca Darrah fiddled with a LEGO piece as she tried to spell out the words #BuildToGive.<\/p>\n<p>Chesyca and the rest of the members of Best Buddies were on a mission after school Thursday, Dec. 8, to put a new set of LEGO bricks in the hands of kids in need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" class=\"hb-button hb-default hb-default-button no-three-d\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;\"><i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>Read More<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students donate Lego sets to children in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2080,"featured_media":169446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"ny-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495],"tags":[562],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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