Category: Community
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Volunteer Opportunity (Friedens)
The director of Friedens Food Pantries writes: Food Rescue Drivers Needed! Did you know? Nearly 300,000 lbs of our food is rescued from local grocery stores! Friedens counts on a large team of volunteers who pick up rescued food in their vehicles and deliver it to our food center sites 6 days a week. Any…
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July 2023 Newsletter
The Milwaukee Area Woodturners held our July meeting at our usual meeting place on July 11 – a week late due to the Independence Day holiday. The meeting was headlined by two guests associated with the Empty Bowls event held by Freidens Food Pantries. Emily Runbeck presented some slides with some information about the Empty…
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More Bowl Blanks for Empty Bowls
Thanks to all of you who have supported cutting and making bowl blanks for empty bowls. A number of members came to my property on August 12 and 13 and we milled and cut bowl blanks and wrapped them in plastic wrap. We ended up with well over 100 bowl blanks in black walnut, black…
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MAWT Bowl-A-Thon
At the meeting Monday night I asked about interest in having our own “Bowl-A-Thon” – this event (or series of events) would involve members and friends coming into the basement at Woodcraft and turning one or more wooden bowls to donate to the Empty Bowls fund raiser. I was pleased with the positive response. There…
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Dueling Wood Turners Video
Here is a video taken with my cell phone of the Dueling Wood Turners. The video is about 88 MB, and runs about 3-3/4 minutes. https://www.mawturners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/March2020DuelingBowTurners.mp4
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Beads of Courage – End of Year Review
Click on the link below to see the content from an email about an end-of-year review for Beads of Courage. Notice the mention of MAWT in the listed woodturning clubs. https://mailchi.mp/013fcf237d28/beads-of-courage-woodturners-2019-end-of-year-review?e=d1c767b8df
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October Meeting Review
Demonstration Jason Swanson demonstrated hand chasing threads and turned a small lidded box (with a threaded lid) from arbor vitae. The box will be raffled off at the Potluck and Party in December. The demo was video recorded and will be available through the library. Thanks to Jason for an excellent demo! 2019 Membership Tony…
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2018 Empty Bowls
A big thank you to all who participated in the Empty Bowls Donation for this year. I have the privilege of turning in 19 bowls to the Empty Bowls organizers. Last year there was some confusion and some bowls were turned in earlier in the year and misplaced. Those four bowls came to light this…
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Empty Bowls – Reminder and Details
The 2018 Event for Milwaukee Empty Bowls is October 14, from 11:00AM – 2:00PM at the MSOE Kern Center. This is a worthwhile cause that addresses hunger in the greater Milwaukee area. I am writing this post to remind you to begin working on your bowl(s). If you use a “food safe” finish, many of…
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Empty Bowls Update for May 2018
We received an update from Milwaukee Empty Bowls. Click here to read the email in your browser.
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Beads for Beads of Courage Bowls
Identification beads for Beads of Courage Bowls will be available from Tony Rozendaal again this year. The beads are $1.25 each, which what they cost Tony. He expects them to first be available at the May meeting. Reminder – Beads of Courage bowls must be identified as “Beads of Courage” – this does not need…
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Empty Bowls – Milwaukee – Spring Activities
I recently received an email about opportunities to participate in Empty Bowls activities. You can read the email here. For MAWT, the deadline to turn bowls in for Empty Bowls is at the September meeting. Click on the link to read more about Milwaukee Empty Bowls. Their annual fundraiser for 2018 is on October 14. Bowls…
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Woodturning Art Displayed in East Troy
Some of our members may be interested in this. http://www.communityshoppers.com/item/2726-artist-shares-his-wonders-in-wood-at-east-troy-exhibit I ran across this article in our weekly free paper. Tom Raushke lives at rural Palmyra, WI. I have visited his studio during a Kettle Moraine Fall Artists Tour. Tom gave me a booklet on wood art which is in the club library. The display at…
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Woodcraft of Milwaukee Receives Recognition for Turn For Troops
At the January 2018 meeting, Chris Kraemer shared a press release from Woodcraft Corporate that recognized the increase in the number of pens for Turn for Troops from 2016 to 2017. A link to the press release is below. Turn for Troops – 2017 Dave Drickhamer took the lead on this and mostly due to…
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Beads of Courage Bowls
On Friday, November 17, Mark Trenier and Tony Rozendaal delivered the latest batch of Beads of Courage bowls and boxes to Children’s Hospital. A sample of the bowls delivered is shown below. If I have omitted a bowl and you have a picture of it, please post a reply in the area below this post,…
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2017 Empty Bowls Donation – Final Results
This afternoon, Tony Rozendaal dropped off the Empty Bowls donated by MAWT members. There were a total of 18 bowls in the box. One of the bowls was unintentionally omitted from the photo gallery below. Good work, everybody – the bowls were very well received by the people with whom I contacted and where I…
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Empty Bowls
Milwaukee Empty Bowls is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that uses art to heighten hunger awareness and raise funds that help food pantries and meal programs in Milwaukee. We create hand-made bowls that are offered to the public at our main event in October. A $25 donation ($10 for bowls made by kids) includes a bowl and…
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Beads of Courage details for MAWT
Tony Rozendaal still has a number of beads available that can be incorporated into Beads of Courage boxes. At the meeting on June 5, he announced that the Beads of Courage Boxes are due at the November meeting. The club will make a arrangements with the national organization to deliver the bowls/boxes that are ready…
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Beads of Courage
Tony Rozendaal will have beads for the “Beads of Courage” bowls to pass out at the June 2017 meeting. Each bead is $1.25.