Over $44,000 worth of Legos were stolen from a Florida warehouse, News4Jax reported Monday.
The Legos were intended as gifts for children fighting cancer, according to News4Jax. The gift-giving was initiated by V for Victory, an organization dedicated to supporting young cancer patients. Paul Scott, the founder of V for Victory, expressed his dismay over the loss but assured the kids the gifts will be replaced.
“It’s a great program for the kids because it takes something that is all negative for most children, which is going getting chemo or getting a spinal or getting anything like that. It takes something it’s 100% negative, and it makes it a positive,” Scott said, according to News4Jax. (RELATED:Thieves Stole $20,000 In Campaign Donations, Rep. Elise Stefanik Alleges)
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Scott, inspired to start the organization after his own son’s cancer diagnosis, understands the immense value these toys bring to children undergoing treatment, News4Jax reported.
“Because we as a family had the means that every time, you know, he had some sort of surgery or something like that, that we would go to Target afterwards and buy him a Lego set,” Scott shared. “It really changed the mindset of a lot of children and helped families because something that was so negative, you know, we’re able to slightly turn it into a positive.”
The details surrounding the theft remain unclear, with no leads on the perpetrators, News4Jax reported.