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Jacksonville,
Florida
Our
Mission
The
cornerstones of JAX Woodworkers Club are friendship and fellowship for
all woodworkers of the Jacksonville, Florida area. We meet
monthly to share woodworking ideas and projects, to encourage and
support each other at all skill levels, and to work together in our
annual community outreach: The Christmas Toy
Project. Throughout the year, we build toys that
are donated during the November meeting to different
charities, hospitals and their related organizations. Our annual goal is to build and donate more toys than we made the previous year to these deserving children.
The
Jax Woodworkers Club needs your help with our Christmas Toy Project. In
2008, club members made 2,336 toys to give away to local organizations.
In 2009 we donated 3,229 toys to 10 local agencies. In 2010 we donated 4,692 toys to 16 local agencies. The total in 2011 was 3093 toys to 14 area agencies. In the past 21
years, the club has made well over 34,000 toys. The club furnishes the
plans and the wheels. It’s never too late to get started to make kids
happy.
In 2010 the
Jax Woodworkers Club was honored to be recognized by the City of
Jacksonville for 20 years of building toys for the needy children of
Jacksonville. We were presented with a Resolution .
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Size
of Club
We
have approximately 60 paid members. Normal meeting
attendance is 35-40 members and 3-4 guests. We
encourage membership attendance by having a volunteer committee of
phone callers who contact each member two days prior to the meeting as
a reminder.
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Typical
Meeting
We
meet the third
Saturday of each month in
the back meeting room at the Piccadilly Cafeteria, I-10 & Lane
Avenue, Jacksonville, FL. Most of our members arrive in time
to have lunch together. At 12:45 PM we have an informal time
of sharing news, celebrating the month's birthdays, and just getting to
know one another. Our library is open prior to and following
the meeting for checking out video tapes and books for woodworking
instruction and project patterns. At 1 PM the meeting is
called to order. A business meeting is conducted which
includes committee updates, tools for sale and tools needed, a
membership profile, a monthly theme, Show and Tell, and door prizes.
Members
are encouraged to bring any of their wood projects to share with the
membership during the "Show and Tell" feature time. We enjoy
seeing your successful projects and make over the projects.
Yearly
Dues
The
annual dues are from January through December and are $15.00.
We use the dues collected to purchase wooden wheels and axles which we
give to members so they can build toys
Contact
for Information:
JAX
Woodworkers Club
c/o Bob Carona (Membership
Chairman)
7331 Maple Tree Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32277
(904) 743-0028
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Meeting
Location:
Piccadilly Cafeteria
5950 Ramona Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32205
Phone: 904-783-8418
Contact Bob
Carona with questions or comments about this web site.
(Last
modified: 01/24/2012)
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