Press Release for the
RCWA Toy Making Marathon – September thru Dec 2016
The toymakers in the Rapid City Woodworking Association
(RCWA) are gearing up for a series of Saturday workshops during September,
October and November. This will be the
big push to build and finish wood toys for delivery at Christmas. One of the purposes of the Rapid City
Woodworking Association (RCWA) is to enhance the quality of life for
underprivileged children of the Black Hills.
This is the purpose of this special year around Toy Program for making
and distributing handmade holiday gifts and toys to charitable organizations in
the local area. Members work year
around in their own garages as well as in bi-monthly Saturday Toy Workshops to
produce quality wood toys. Before Christmas,
the toys are distributed to various organizations in the area.
The Toy Making Marathon will be starting September 10th, 2016 from 9 am to
noon and continue each Saturday thru the first week of December or until all
toys are done. Workshops will be held
in the Club for Boys Shop from 9 am to noon.
The Club for Boys is located near the Civic Center - at 320 N 4th
Street, Rapid City, SD. Call Bob
Buchanan at (605) 348-2865 or Rick Weisbeck at (605) 431-4708 if you have
questions.
This year we are planning to build and give approximately
2,000 wooden toys to The Club for Boys, Women Against Violence (WAVI), Youth
and Family Services, Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity, The Hope Center,
Love, Inc., SD National Guard Family Assistance Center - 155th En Co, all in
Rapid City, the Airmen and Family Readiness Center, and the EAFB Youth Programs
at Ellsworth AFB, The Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte, and Needs
Free in the Sioux Falls area.
If you want to help build and assemble toys for
the Toy Program, we can always use an extra hand. If you have the skills for running a scroll saw, we can use your
help as well. If you can help between
now and Christmas, call Bob Buchanan at 348-2865 or check our website http://www.sdwoodworker.org/ for more
information: If you want to help with
donations, we can always use wheels and axles to make toy vehicles. Monetary donations can be mailed to our RCWA
Treasurer, Julian Wigen at 255 Texas Street Apt 460 in Rapid City, 57701.
The mission of the RCWA is to promote woodworking safety,
skills and knowledge, for the amateur, professional and student
craftsperson. The RCWA was formed to
meet the needs of the woodworkers in the Rapid City area. We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month at
7:00 p.m. at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid
City. We cordially invite men and women
of all ages who have an interest in woodworking to attend our meetings. No experience is necessary for
membership. Membership dues are $25 a
year per famly. Please come and share
the experience, ideas, techniques and the mutual enjoyment of creating with
wood.
The RCWA is a local chapter of the South Dakota Woodworkers
Guild. The RCWA exists for two main
reasons: (1) To exchange information that will enhance the enjoyment and skills
of woodworking; and (2) To promote woodworking as a hobby, as a profession, or
anywhere in between. This includes
promoting woodworking safety, teaching and helping other members, enhancing the
quality of life for underprivileged children of the Black Hills by making and
distributing Wooden Toys to charitable organizations in the local area, and
supporting community service organizations thru volunteer woodworking
activities.
For more information, contact Bob Buchanan at (605) 348-2865
or Rick Weisbeck at (605) 431-4708. Or
go to our website at www.sdwoodworker.org.
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