Bay Area LEGO Train Club

Upcoming Events

Maker Faire 2012

June 2012 East Bay BayLUG Meeting

Alameda County Fair

Show Pictures

Here are some pictures of our public shows from this year, including BayLTC's train displays at the Great American Train Show (GATS) and other venues:

Train Collectors Assocation 2005 Cal-Stewart Spring Meet

Santa Clara Convention Center, March 18-20, 2005. Pictures by:

• Russell Clark

Great American Train Show, Cow Palace

Cow Palace, February 12-13, 2005. Pictures by:

• Roy Gal
• Russell Clark

BayLTC Lecture at MoAH

Museum of American Heritage, February 8, 2005. Pictures by:

• none available

Palo Alto Museum Exhibit

Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto, December 10, 2004-Jan 2, 2005. Pictures by:

• Bill Ward
• Russell Clark

Also, take a look at pictures from 2002, 2003, and 2004.

Join Us

BayLTC always welcomes new members, new input into our organization, and new ideas. If you have questions about the group, or suggestions for the web site, please send email to info at baylug.org

You can become a member online through our web site. Or, subscribe to our announcements mailing list to find out about all the latest upcoming events.

News

Kids and Art

On April 29, 2012, the Kids & Art Foundation hosted a LEGO art day in San Mateo, for kids to build LEGO sculptures that could be auctioned off to raise funds for the Leukemia Society, and for art supplies for kids affected by the disease. The LEGO creations made Sunday will be among those auctioned at San Francisco’s Gallery 4N5 on June 3 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Troy Wolverton, a BayLUG member who works at the San Jose Mercury News stopped by and did a wonderful article on our event.

I would like to thank Andrew Danish and his son Cole for volunteering their time and creativity. They worked with some of the kids and created a set of LEGO atoms to make the entire periodic table, something my 9year old had memorized and could quiz all the doctors and nurses on.

Matt Walsh and daughter Abigail, thank you for stopping by with much needed small LEGO boards and small pieces that could be used to create the alphabets. They were a great help with the kids too.

One person that gets a big shout-out is Dylan Overton for donating a big tub of LEGO bricks. Dylan and his mom Kim stopped by Baywood school, dropped off the big tub, and left. I thought he would like to have the remaining LEGO parts back but that was not the case. It’s not easy for a kid to part with his LEGO…

Finally, thank you to Arjun for donating a ton of LEGO elements, minifigures, and some very special and hard to find pieces. Arjun instilled the love for LEGO in his 9 year old brother. Amaey looked up to Arjun in awe when he was in his LEGO building zone.

Thank you Paul Sinasohn for helping me find volunteers and and thank you Troy Wolverton for doing this article on Kids & Art.

The Kids & Art Foundation’s mission is to team up children and families touched by cancer with local artists. Together they create art that is later auctioned to raise funds. These funds go towards the ongoing one-on-one and group art sessions, and towards the purchase of art supplies that are used at various art workshops. Kids & Art has done art workshops in acrylic painting, ceramic mask making, photography, printmaking, lego building, and origami. Kids & Art also donates to cancer charities.