Starting September 19th, 2015, we will begin holding workshops every
Saturday morning for the next two months. We will meet at 9 am to noon at the Club for Boys Shop each Saturday morning. We will end when our goal of 2,000 toys have been built and finished and are ready to pack. We will pack and distribute the toys on Dec 5, 2015.
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Press Release for the
RCWA Toymaking Workshops – September thru Dec 2015
The toymakers in the Rapid City Woodworking Association
(RCWA) are gearing up for a series of 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.
Workshops will be held Saturday mornings in the Club for Boys
Shop from 9 am to noon . The Club for
Boys is located near the Civic Center 320 N 4th Street , Rapid
City , SD.
We will be starting September
19th, 2015 and continue each Saturday thru the first week of
December from 9 am to noon .
Call Bob Buchanan at (605) 348-2865 or Rick Weisbeck at (605) 431-7478
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., all in Rapid City, the Airmen and Family Readiness Center 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 3010
Morningview Drive in Rapid
City , 57702.
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. 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) 431-7478. Or
go to our website at www.sdwoodworker.org.
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