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ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s popular Build Up! kits, an educational resource for elementary-age children, has expanded beyond the classroom to Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, library career centers and Boys & Girls Clubs. Through a partnership between ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, clubs around the nation are learning about the kits and requesting ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ sponsors to provide them with kits. Boys & Girls Clubs, which serve nearly 5 million youths from more than 4,000 mostly inner-city clubhouses, provide after-school programs and services to promote and enhance the development of boys and girls. By donating a Build Up! kit to a club in your area, you are both helping the next generation learn about the built environment and their role in it, and providing fun, hands-on team-building projects and lessons to children ages 9-12. Each kit costs $199 plus shipping and provides enough materials for 30 children. We still need sponsors for more than 350 kits for Boys & Girls Clubs around the nation. Please visit our to see if there's a club in your area looking for kits. This map is updated weekly with new requests. So far, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ members and chapters have donated more than 50 toolkits to clubs nationwide. For more information, contact Liz Elvin at (703) 837-5389 or elvinl@agc.org