We are completely honored and humbled that your support of our fundraiser with Laguna Tools and Collaborative Courts Foundation raised 1500 dollars to benefit our veterans in crisis!!!!!! Great job Patriot Woodworker's!!!

For the links to the original posts explaining our involvement and our call for action, please click on the following.

Discussion Links

Combat Veterans in Crisis Need Your Help

The Big Auction For Our Troops is Tomorrow

More Information About Our Auction For Our Troops

Catherine Helshoj of Laguna Tools contacted us last week and told us the results and also gave us a link where we can see some images of the event. Interspersed throughout the slide show you'll see a table set up with our woodworking on it, unfortunately not everyone's work was photographed, they were so busy and the main focus was raising funds for our vets in crisis, and honoring the Judge who started this organization.

Please click on Collaborative Courts Foundation Slide Show and if you are prompted for a password, enter in "love". And enjoy!! Right off the bat I saw some pens our guys made, Ron Dudelston's box, a shelf I made, the bowl donated to us by master turner Edward Koenig almost a year ago to benefit an organization of our choosing, I had the bowl displayed in our home, waiting to donate it to the perfect cause, and this was it! To see the awesome work our friend Edward creates, please see his Edward Koenig Facebook Page.

You should all be receiving your tax form stating the value of the item you donated, I think the value they set forth on the document is what it went for at auction. I am happy to say my lil shelf racked up a top bid of 200 dollars!!!! And guess who purchased it, the Helshoj's!!! Torben loved it.

I would have posted the pictures here guys, but they are copyright protected, so you have to view them at the slide show.

Also, we were recognized in the event brochure, how cool is that!

We'd like to thank once again the folks who donated their valuable time for this effort, again we raised 1500 dollars through your work!!!!! That is not chump change folks!!! WE DID IT!!!!!!!!

Below are the items that raised the funds, all were sold, nothing was left!

Hand made trinket box by Ron Dudelston

Hand made wood pen and case by Charles Nicholls

Keepsake Box by Steve Carmichael from The Carmichaelworkshop.com

USC License Plate by Steve Carmichael from The Carmichaelworkshop.com

Turned Pen by Steve Carmichael from The Carmichaelworkshop.com

Chestnut one of a kind handcrafted pen by The Woodland Fox

Bloodwood one of a kind handcrafted pen & pencil by The Woodland Fox

Bubinga keyring by The Woodland Fox

Hondorian Rosewood Keyring by The Woodland Fox

Hand made Culy Maple shelf by John Morris

Ambrosia Mapple Vessel by Ed Koenig

Hand made French rolling pin and stand by Lewis Kaufman

And last but certainly not least, we want to thank again Catherine Helshoj of Laguna Tools for inviting us to this wonderful event, and also we need to thank Kathy Burnham, Executive Director of Collaborative Courts Foundation for also allowing us the opportunity to help our veterans in crisis, we are completely honored to have been able to help!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Thanks for the update, John. From the pix it looks like it was a tremendous success.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

Thanks for the update. Great job everyone.

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Charles Nicholls
Site Host
nicholls61@att.net
Proud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRA

http://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks

Those are cool pics aren't they Lew! That was really one humdinger of a black tie affair! I am currently asking for a breakdown of what you all raised, if I can get it, I'll send it off to each and everyone of you what your items were auctioned off for, and if you'd like, you can come back here and share what your art work fetched!!!!

Great work back at ya Charles!

Lewis Kauffman said:

Thanks for the update, John. From the pix it looks like it was a tremendous success.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

I imagine they might send the $ amount to each judging from the paper work I had to fill out and return.

John Morris said:

Those are cool pics aren't they Lew! That was really one humdinger of a black tie affair! I am currently asking for a breakdown of what you all raised, if I can get it, I'll send it off to each and everyone of you what your items were auctioned off for, and if you'd like, you can come back here and share what your art work fetched!!!!

Great work back at ya Charles!

Lewis Kauffman said:

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Wow, thanks for the update on this John and way to go Patriot Woodworkers.

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John Moody
Site Administratorhttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.†Shaker Saying

Thanks John that would indeed be great if we could get them to give us a breakdown on what each piece brought in. Next year I plan on being ready for this even more than I was this year. hopefully we will get a few months more notice. Do we know if it it's held at the same time each year? If so then that would be easy to plan for.

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Charles Nicholls
Site Host
nicholls61@att.net
Proud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRA

http://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks

Charles I do believe that is the case. I'll confirm it.

Wow, that's amazing!  Great job everyone!  Thanks for the update.  Looking forward to the next opportunity to help out.  Steve...