Come Join Our Challenge Coin Display Campaign!

Dear Patriot Woodworker's and Visitors alike, we are embarking on a Challenge Coin Display Campaign!!! This is one of our trademark events here on The Patriot Woodworker.Our members will build some fantastic challenge coin displays for our wounded veterans, they are then shipped to The Patriot Woodworker Head Quarters where we will quality check the displays, and assure they are ready to be received by the men and women who put it all on the line for you and I. They will then be shipped to their destination.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you to give back to our wounded warriors.
This shipment will be going to a great organization "Operation Ward 57". To read all about Ward 57 please click on the preceding links or the image below to be taken to their home page. We are completely honored that Ward 57 has agreed to accept our Challenge Coin Displays to be handed out to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center wounded warriors.



For more information, or for a shipping address where you can send your displays please contact John Morris of The Patriot Woodworker. We need your help!!!

Start Date of the Challenge Coin Display Campaign: July 4th, 2014
Challenge Coin Displays must be in to our headquarters by Monday September 1st, 2014 Labor Day.
For a shipping address please contact John Morris of The Patriot Woodworker.

A traditional Challenge Coin as shown below, our service men and women earn these coins for their hard work and bravery, help them have a place to display them proudly!

Challenge Coin Display Link

How to Build a Simple Challenge Coin Display
 

Attention Retailers and Charitable Individuals

We have an opportunity for a sponsor or sponsors to help with the costs of shipping our displays to Operation Ward 57. Typically the shipping costs can range from 50 to 150 dollars depending on the showing we have. If you are a retailer, or a private individual who would like to sponsor the shipment of our displays to Operation Ward 57 please contact John Morris of The Patriot Woodworker for details. Your support is greatly appreciated!

UPDATE August 9th

Bessy Tools of North America has volunteered to sponsor the shipping of our Challenge Coin Display shipment to Walter Reed Hospital, thank you Bessey Tools!!!!

 

John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

I'm in!

Alright Ron! Thank you sir!

We need builders folks, so come aboard and help us build some displays!

Back to the top!

When "The Boss" (John Morris) announced the latest Challenge Coin build, he also needed a few displays built for a fund raising auction for Operation Ward 57.  This silent auction will raise funds for the project and will be held on August 2nd.  I agreed to build these ahead of the TPW build and at John's request Here they are.  They're simple to build folks and very gratifying.  These are 11 1/2" long by 5" deep, made of Indiana walnut and they nicely fit in a Priority box. 

Nice!

Ron Dudelston said:

When "The Boss" (John Morris) announced the latest Challenge Coin build, he also needed a few displays built for a fund raising auction for Operation Ward 57.  This silent auction will raise funds for the project and will be held on August 2nd.  I agreed to build these ahead of the TPW build and at John's request Here they are.  They're simple to build folks and very gratifying.  These are 11 1/2" long by 5" deep, made of Indiana walnut and they nicely fit in a Priority box. 

Ron those turned out great!!!!! I love the writing on the bottom, and the burned in logo!

Thanks for jumping on these Ron, as Ron said they are going to be auctioned off to benefit Operation Ward 57.

That walnut is nice looking stuff Ron, where'd ya get it?

Ron Dudelston said:

When "The Boss" (John Morris) announced the latest Challenge Coin build, he also needed a few displays built for a fund raising auction for Operation Ward 57.  This silent auction will raise funds for the project and will be held on August 2nd.  I agreed to build these ahead of the TPW build and at John's request Here they are.  They're simple to build folks and very gratifying.  These are 11 1/2" long by 5" deep, made of Indiana walnut and they nicely fit in a Priority box. 

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

The wood was a gift a couple of years ago from my son's FIL.  I came from his woods.

John Morris said:

Ron those turned out great!!!!! I love the writing on the bottom, and the burned in logo!

Thanks for jumping on these Ron, as Ron said they are going to be auctioned off to benefit Operation Ward 57.

That walnut is nice looking stuff Ron, where'd ya get it?

Ron Dudelston said:

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

You guys in fly over country kill me with your land holdings, FIL has "woods"? I gotta get out of this place!

Ron Dudelston said:

The wood was a gift a couple of years ago from my son's FIL.  I came from his woods.

John Morris said:

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Only about 40 acres of oak, walnut, cherry and maple though.

John Morris said:

You guys in fly over country kill me with your land holdings, FIL has "woods"? I gotta get out of this place!

Ron Dudelston said:

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I'm in too!!  Long time buddy Sandy Smith and I are working together on 36 displays.  Rough milling is done, ready for slots, holes, joinery, and assembly on Monday.  Then sanding and finishing later in the week.  We'll make the deadline for sure. I hope more will join in though.  There's plenty of time, and even if you only build 4 displays, it adds up and is for a great cause.  So jump in!!

Back to the shop,

George 

George, way to go sir!!!!! Thank you so much for stepping up to the plate, we are forever grateful and on behalf of Ward 57 thank you so much. We do have folks joining in George, rest assured, I have been contacted by some Facebookers who have dedicated some displays as well, and we have our very own Ron Dudelston in for some, and Lew Kauffman as well, and others will jump soon, so you'll be in good company. Thanks again George, I am humbled by the turn out.

George Knutson said:

I'm in too!!  Long time buddy Sandy Smith and I are working together on 36 displays.  Rough milling is done, ready for slots, holes, joinery, and assembly on Monday.  Then sanding and finishing later in the week.  We'll make the deadline for sure. I hope more will join in though.  There's plenty of time, and even if you only build 4 displays, it adds up and is for a great cause.  So jump in!!

Back to the shop,

George 

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

UPDATE August 9th

Bessy Tools of North America has volunteered to sponsor the shipping of our Challenge Coin Display shipment to Walter Reed Hospital, thank you Bessey Tools!!!!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Those folks at Bessey are Top Drawer!!!

John Morris said:

UPDATE August 9th

Bessy Tools of North America has volunteered to sponsor the shipping of our Challenge Coin Display shipment to Walter Reed Hospital, thank you Bessey Tools!!!!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

George Knutson contacted us and he has 30 displays on their way next week to our headquarters!!!! Great job George!!! Can't wait to see how they turned out!!!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

We received Lew Kauffmans displays a week ago and they look outstanding! Lew built the aircraft carrier displays for our Navy vets at Ward 57.  I have personally seen the displays and I can say that our men and women serving our country are going to be thrilled. Thanks so much Lew!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Hey it's only the deadline today folks, we still have the day to get some made and into us!!! I'd like to thank Ron Dudelston, Lew Kauffman and George Knutsen and Sandy Smith for stepping up to the plate for some terrific displays!!! You guys did real good work.

Like I said, we still have today, I'll be waiting for the postman at our front door all day long!!!!!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Update, sorry for the late update on this folks, we delivered the displays about 5 weeks ago, and they are in the hands of Operation Ward 57.

They handed out about 3 or 4 displays immediately, and they are saving the rest for their December event being held at Walter Reed Hospital. Ron's and Lew's displays will be in that event, the displays they handed out immediately were those built by George Knutson and Sandy Smith as seen in this album

I'd like to thank all who were involved in this project, our troops are going to love them! And we have paved the way to help out another great organization in Operation Ward 57 thanks to you guys!

Below are a some images Brittney Hamilton from Operation Ward 57 sent us, there will be many more images come December, so stay tuned!