Press Release for the RCWA Toymaking Marathon – September 9 thru early Dec 2017
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
culmination of the year’s efforts 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 . We accomplish this through our special
year-around Toy Program in which we make and distribute handmade holiday gifts
and toys to charitable organizations in the local area. Members work year around in their own garages
during the week, and then at bi-monthly Saturday Toy Workshops to produce
quality wood toys. Before Christmas, the
toys are packed up and distributed.
The Toymaking Marathon will be starting September 9th, 2017
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 320
N 4th Street , Rapid City , SD.
This year we are planning to build and give approximately
2,200 wooden toys to local area organizations who work with children. Last year’s recipients included 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, Paul Douglas at 5219 Chateaux Ridge in Rapid
City , SD 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/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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