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Event Details:
📅 Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
🕙 Time: 9a – Noon
📍 Location: Climax-Scotts Elementary School
🎯 Who Can Participate: Kids in grades K–6
💲 Cost: FREE!

Registration Form for Kids (PDF)

The Block Kids program is open to all elementary school children in grades Kindergarten through 6.
All children participating will receive a free t-shirt!
Please use registration form (fill-in PDF) and send by email to: Jackie Longman | Elite Construction to register your child.

(Deadline is January 23, 2026)

Volunteers, judges and sponsors – WE NEED YOU!

We need judges, volunteers and sponsors to make the Jan 31 Block Kids 2026 Building Competition a big success – no construction experience needed.
Deadline is January 23, 2026!

Block Kids 2026 judge, volunteer and sponsor sign-up

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Block Kids 2026 Sponsors Payments

Payment by check download: fill-in sponsorship form to pay by check

Payment by credit card: Select “Pay with Debit or Credit Card” or use a PayPal account. You will receive a confirmation from PayPal.

A sponsor payment of $200 includes 1 free t-shirt, PLEASE select a size below and Add to Cart

For further information, please contact:
Jackie Longman | Elite Construction | 269-532-8248

If you prefer to make a sponsorship donation by check, make checks payable to: NAWIC #302

Mail to: Karen Gustafson – NAWIC #302 Treasurer
352 12th Street #8
Plainwell, MI 49080
269-207-2441

About Block Kids:

One of the largest events our NAWIC chapter has held since 1991 is our Block Kids Program. The Block Kids Program is a national program competition that is sponsored on the local level by NAWIC chapters and other organizations. The award-winning program introduces children to the construction industry in an effort to promote an interest in future careers in one of the many facets of the industry.

View the 2023 Block Kids event

The competition involves the construction of various structures with interlocking blocks and three of the following additional items:
a small rock, string, foil, and poster board. Local winners advance to the Regional Competition and one semi-finalist from each region is entered in the National Program competitions. National prizes are awarded to the top three projects. All our local judges are volunteers from companies within the construction community such as: landscapers, engineers, architects, accountants, lawyers, suppliers, and construction managers or operators. We are continuously surprised and inspired by the creativeness of the next generation and our own Block Kids Program participants.