Toy Project for the Salvation Army

Charleston Mail Article 2011 14 airplanes, 410 toy cars and trucks, 159 doll-sized cradles, 35 alphabet block sets and wagons, 12 pull toys and 23 puzzle rocking chairs.

Wonderful West Virginia Magazine – December 2010 article

Every year Valley Woodworkers members make hundreds of toys to donate to the Salvation Army.  Through the years, hundreds of area children have received rocking horses, wagons, cradles, wood blocks and much more.  To date (Dec 2010) there have been a total of 8,960 toys made and donated, worth an estimated retail value of  $812,820.

 

Club members also enjoy going on outings to sawmills, woodworking shows, shop tours, tool stores and the annual picnic.

Toy Presentation 2010

Toy Presentation 2009

Toy Presentation 2008

Valley Woodworkers members are also active in their own shops constructing works of art for their personal enjoyment and for income.

The following companies provided materials for last year’s Salvation Army

Christmas toy project. Please give them special consideration when you need

materials for your projects: Blue Ridge Machinery & Tool, Cabinet Supplier

Inc., Coastal Lumber Company, Evans Lumber Company, J.C. Hamer Lumber

Company, McFeely’s Square Drive Screw Company, Teays Valley Hardware,

West Virginia Marine, Nitro Hobby and Crafts, Toyota Manufacturing of

West Virginia, Klingspor Woodworking Shop & Woodcraft Supply.

Toy Presentation December 2000

Gazette Mail Dec 23, 1997