Anyone who has ever stepped on a Lego knows the damage one of these small plastic building blocks can inflict on a bare foot.
Imagine if you had to walk across a 10-foot-long path filled with nothing but Legos.
We have one word to describe the thought of such a journey: Ouch!
But a number of nonprofits are beginning to turn this painful idea into a reality — all in the name of raising money.
In Marblehead, Mass., for instance, a family organized an event called the Lego Firewalk Challenge, which challenged participants to walk across a bed of Legos in their stocking feet to raise money for research into finding a cure for acute lymphocytic leukemia.
The event was a big hit with kids, many of whom recorded their walks on video and uploaded them online.
The Lego Firewalk Challenge is the latest entry on the growing Big List of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns — a resource that catalogs all of the different ways people raise money on behalf of their favorite causes.
The list is a great resource for organizations that are looking for new ideas for P2P events.
It also shows you the crazy things individuals will do for charity.
In fact, some people are willing to go a step beyond Legos and walk across a course filled with shards of broken glass — all in the name of charity.
Oh, what people will do!