Kids Build Robotic Bugs To Cure Juvenile Diabetes

Children’s Technology Workshop and LEGO� Store of Bridgewater will be cooperatively hosting two free Build-a-Bug workshops, during which children between ages 7 and 13 create motorized LEGO based mechanical inchworms, inside the LEGO Store in Bridgewater Commons on October 22 and 29, 2005, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. The store will be giving $5 LEGO gift cards to all workshop participants. Children’s Technology Workshop will be raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation through these workshops and contributions by participants will be gratefully accepted, though not required to participate in the event.

Mark Noble, the Regional Director of Children’s Technology Workshop, sees these promotional workshops as a win for everyone involved. “The kids participating in these workshops have a blast while learning some mechanical engineering concepts and gaining confidence to continue to explore and be creative with LEGO products on their own. Meanwhile, parents realizing the value of the programming their children are receiving at no cost will feel good about the opportunity to contribute whatever they can afford to help find a cure for Juvenile Diabetes, a disease that dramatically alters the lives of thousands of children every year.” The promotional workshops represent an unveiling of Children’s Technology Workshop and LEGO Store of Bridgewater’s strategic partnership to bring fun and educational technology programming to the children of central New Jersey. Starting early next year, the two companies have plans to begin offering, in-store, eight week Saturday morning technology camp programs in which kids will explore, invent and create with robotics & engineering, animation, graphic design and video game creation.

To register for one of the space limited promotional workshops or to learn more about upcoming programs, contact Mark Noble at 908-264-9147 or visit www.ctworkshop.com.

About Children’s Technology Workshop Children’s Technology Workshop is a leader in cutting-edge engineering & technology programs for children and has been in operation since 1997. Children’s Technology Workshop now delivers its after-school enrichment program; in-class, group and party workshops; and interactive day camp programs in cities across Canada and the United States, in Hong Kong and Singapore, and will open in other international locations later this year. For more information go to www.ctworkshop.com or call Media Relations at 1-866-704-2267.

About The LEGO Group The LEGO Group is a privately-held, family-owned company founded in 1932 and based in Billund, Denmark. Today, the company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of creatively educational play materials for children. The LEGO Group is committed to the development of children’s creative and imaginative abilities, and its employees are guided by the motto of the founder “Only the best is good enough.” Visit the company online at http://www.LEGO.com. LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of The LEGO Group. � 2005 The LEGO Group.

About Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) is the leading charitable funder and advocate of juvenile (type 1) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump just to survive. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. For more information go to http://www.jdrf.org/

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