{"id":2728,"date":"2022-10-19T22:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/elgin\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2022-10-19T22:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:20:31","slug":"lots-of-legos-equals-lots-of-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/elgin\/2022\/10\/19\/lots-of-legos-equals-lots-of-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of Legos Equals Lots of Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elgin Public Library held it\u2019s first Lego League of the new school year on October 17, 2022.\u00a0 Sixty-four (64) children were in attendance to experience lots of new Lego items.\u00a0 New kits were purchased with a grant from the Bargain Box and several groups of students were kept busy trying to assemble them.\u00a0 Others tried out our new Lego board while the rest enjoyed free building and making their own creations.\u00a0 We were very excited to see so many students and look forward to seeing them at the next Lego League in November.  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