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News We Love: Fundraiser exceeds goal to purchase accessible van

News We Love: Fundraiser exceeds goal to purchase accessible van
PARA ESTE NOTICIERO ESTAN DISPONIBLES EN ESPANOL OVER THE HOLIDAYS, A LANCASTER LEGO RESALE STORE STARTED A FUNDRAISER FOR JAMIE REYNOLDS, A 14 YEAR OLD BOY FROM LEBANON COUNTY LIVING WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. A REGRESSION IN HIS HEALTH FORCED THE NEED FOR NEW WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VAN. THE STORE’S OWNERS HOPE TO RAISE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT AS NEWS EIGHT’S A.J. SISON SHOWS US, THEY SMASHED THAT GOAL. WAIT. IT’S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HIS SMILE EVERY DAY AT LANCASTER’S BRICKHEADZ CO-OWNER RON DAGGET SAYS. LEGO SUPERFAN JAMIE REYNOLDS IS NOT JUST A STAR. WHEN YOU LEARN OF SOMEONE’S CONDITION LIKE THAT, IT HELPS YOU TO APPRECIATE YOUR OWN LIFE AND YOUR OWN TIME. HE’S FAMILY. HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SEVEN YEARS AGO, THE TIME GETTING TO KNOW HIM. HE MADE LIFE BETTER AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HIS LIFE WAS BETTER. JAMIE LIVES WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. IT’S A GENETIC DISEASE THAT DEGRADES MUSCLE AS YOU AGE. IT RECENTLY TOOK JAMIE’S ABILITY TO WALK. NOW HE NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VAN. SO INITIALLY, I HAD SPOKE WITH JAMIE’S FATHER HERE. I TOLD HIM I WAS HOPING TO RAISE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS MYSELF. BRICKHEADZ SOLD SPECIAL LEGO SETS FEATURED IN A GLASS CASE. THAT MONEY GOING STRAIGHT TO JAMIE. SO ON SOME DAYS WE WERE REFILLING IT 2 OR 3 TIMES A DAY. PEOPLE WERE COMING IN, BUYING OUT THE ENTIRE THING, AND SOME OF THE DONATIONS WERE FROM COMPLETE STRANGERS. PEOPLE WE’VE NEVER MET NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN THE STORE. THE MONEY RAISED WAS MEANT TO HELP COVER THE $8,000 NEEDED FOR THE VAN. ABOUT $2,000 WAS THE EXPECTATION. WE DID THAT ALMOST TEN TIMES OVER TEN TIMES, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT, JAMIE, HERE’S YOUR YOUR BIG CHECK WORTH ALMOST $37,000. ALL FOR JAMIE, WHO WAS LEFT SPEECHLESS. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU SAW THAT NUMBER? ALL THREE OF THOSE. I FEEL LIKE IT’S INSANE. NUMBER. YOU DON’T SEE THAT NUMBER? I WASN’T EXPECTING THAT NUMBER. I WAS EXPECTING MAYBE $3,000. BUT I BLEW IT AWAY. THE MONEY FAR SURPASSED THEIR GOAL. THE REST WILL GO TOWARDS JAMIE’S HEALTH CARE AND GRANT A SPECIAL WISH. SOME OF IT WILL BE USED TO MAKE A SPECIAL TRIP THAT JAMIE’S HAD HIS EYE ON. HE’D LIKE TO SEE MOUNT RUSHMORE. DO YOU WANT TO HOLD IT UP? THE BOND BETWEEN DAGGETT AND JAMIE BEGAN ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE STORE. OVER THE YEARS, BUILDING A FRIENDSHIP. DAGGETT EVEN REMODELING JAMIE’S BEDROOM AND BATHROOM SO HE CAN USE HIS WHEELCHAIR. HE WOULD PROBABLY SAY HE’S NEVER GIVEN AS MUCH AS WHAT JAMIE’S GIVEN HIM, BUT HE’S DONE A LOT. I DON’T REALLY LIKE TO TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF. I WISH THE WORLD WAS MORE LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. THIS IS WHAT WOULD MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I WAS JUST SO SHOCKED HOW MUCH PEOPLE TIME. AS FOR JAMIE, THERE’S STILL LEGO SETS TO BUILD. I’M STILL WORKING ON THE CORNER GARA
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Updated: 12:36 AM EST Feb 16, 2026
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News We Love: Fundraiser exceeds goal to purchase accessible van
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Updated: 12:36 AM EST Feb 16, 2026
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A Lego resale shop in Pennsylvania hosted a fundraiser that exceeded expectations for Jamie Reynolds, a 14-year-old boy living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who recently lost the ability to walk and now needs a wheelchair-accessible van. Brick Heads co-owner Ron Daggett organized the holiday fundraiser, intending to raise a couple of thousand dollars, but donors far exceeded that goal."It's just amazing to see his smile every day. And it's just the smile that warms your heart," said Jonathan Clark, Jamie's dad.The shop placed special Lego sets with a yellow-highlighted tag in a glass case and directed all proceeds from those purchases to Jamie."When you learn of someone's condition like that, it helps you to appreciate your own life in your own time," said Ron Daggett, co-owner of Brick Heads. Jamie became a regular at the store after his first visit seven years ago. The 14-year-old became an integral part of the store by building Lego mini-figures and sets while helping like a regular employee."For the time getting to know him, oh, he made life better. And I wanted to make sure his life was better," Clark said. "Initially, I had spoke with Jamie's father. I told him I was hoping to raise a couple thousand dollars myself," Daggett said. Organizers had estimated roughly $8,000 would cover the van, and expected to raise around $2,000."We did that over 10 times over," Daggett said. The campaign culminated in a check worth $36,855 for Jamie."I don't know. Feel like it's an insane number," Jamie said. "I wasn't expecting that number. I was expecting maybe $3,000, but kind of blew it away."The extra funds will help cover health care costs, any incurred costs for the wheelchair-accessible van, and grant a special wish."Some of it will be used to take a special trip that Jamie's had his eye on. He'd like to see Mount Rushmore," Clark said. "It means everything. I didn't think I'd ever go," Jamie said. Daggett gave much more to Jamie than the fundraiser check, remodeling his bedroom and bathroom to make it wheelchair accessible."He would probably say he's never given as much as what Jamie's given him, but he's done a lot," said Don Clark, Jamie's grandfather."I don't really like to take a lot of credit for that kind of stuff at all. I wish the world was more like that all the time," Daggett said. However, Jamie is still working on Lego sets, building nearly 200 in his life so far."Thank you to everyone who gave," Clark said. "This is what would make the world a better place.""I wanted to say thank you. I was just so shocked at how much people donated," Jamie said.

A Lego resale shop in Pennsylvania hosted a fundraiser that exceeded expectations for Jamie Reynolds, a 14-year-old boy living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who recently lost the ability to walk and now needs a wheelchair-accessible van.

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Brick Heads co-owner Ron Daggett organized the holiday fundraiser, intending to raise a couple of thousand dollars, but donors far exceeded that goal.

"It's just amazing to see his smile every day. And it's just the smile that warms your heart," said Jonathan Clark, Jamie's dad.

The shop placed special Lego sets with a yellow-highlighted tag in a glass case and directed all proceeds from those purchases to Jamie.

"When you learn of someone's condition like that, it helps you to appreciate your own life in your own time," said Ron Daggett, co-owner of Brick Heads.

Jamie became a regular at the store after his first visit seven years ago. The 14-year-old became an integral part of the store by building Lego mini-figures and sets while helping like a regular employee.

"For the time getting to know him, oh, he made life better. And I wanted to make sure his life was better," Clark said.

"Initially, I had spoke with Jamie's father. I told him I was hoping to raise a couple thousand dollars myself," Daggett said.

Organizers had estimated roughly $8,000 would cover the van, and expected to raise around $2,000.

"We did that over 10 times over," Daggett said.

The campaign culminated in a check worth $36,855 for Jamie.

"I don't know. Feel like it's an insane number," Jamie said. "I wasn't expecting that number. I was expecting maybe $3,000, but kind of blew it away."

The extra funds will help cover health care costs, any incurred costs for the wheelchair-accessible van, and grant a special wish.

"Some of it will be used to take a special trip that Jamie's had his eye on. He'd like to see Mount Rushmore," Clark said.

"It means everything. I didn't think I'd ever go," Jamie said.

Daggett gave much more to Jamie than the fundraiser check, remodeling his bedroom and bathroom to make it wheelchair accessible.

"He would probably say he's never given as much as what Jamie's given him, but he's done a lot," said Don Clark, Jamie's grandfather.

"I don't really like to take a lot of credit for that kind of stuff at all. I wish the world was more like that all the time," Daggett said.

However, Jamie is still working on Lego sets, building nearly 200 in his life so far.

"Thank you to everyone who gave," Clark said. "This is what would make the world a better place."

"I wanted to say thank you. I was just so shocked at how much people donated," Jamie said.

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