Milwaukee Area Woodturners

Category: Empty Bowls

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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  

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Empty Bowls Update for May 2018

    We received an update from Milwaukee Empty Bowls. Click here to read the email in your browser.

  • 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…