Each year NAWIC Omaha puts on a free LEGO building block contest for kids in grades K-6. The NAWIC Education Foundation (NEF) promotes the Construction Industry through educational events throughout the year, including Block Kids. Block Kids is an annual event designed to familiarize Elementary School age children with the construction process by using their imagination, creativity, and knowledge to build something today and possibly for the future. Participants from grades K-6 are given a maximum of one hour to use their blocks & selected items to build a project that is somehow related to the construction industry.

The top four “Builders” receive prizes of approximately $50. An overall winner will move on to the Midwest Regional Block Kids Contest for a chance to compete in the NEF National Block Kids Contest. This year, Local 16 was honored to participate alongside NAWIC Omaha Chapter 116 with a handful of our dedicated apprentices who took the time to help out with this awesome, educational event for the next generation of tradesmen and women!

Learn more about the National Association of Women In Construction Greater Omaha Chapter #116 at nawicomaha.org