Donations

[Bruno of NH]

The biggest radio show in the State has a fund raiser for the NH Food bank this Thursday and Friday.
It's on rock 101.7 and wheb 100.3 it's called Lend a Helping Can.
This year they accepted 5 different hardwood slabs and 2 end tables I built.
I hope they do well for them.
They have a large listening audience in New England. 

[Bruno of NH]

Well
The radio stations legal department ended up not letting them take my donation. 
Because the bid winner would have to pick up the slabs at my mill.
Even with all the insurance that I have.
Lesson learned, stay local.

[Southside]

Dang.....What do you call a ship full of lawyers sitting on the ocean bottom?  A good start..... ;D

[red]

They will take CASH

[GRANITEstateMP]

RED, only if the bills aren't too new. Can't run the risk of paper cuts :(

[TKehl]

Maybe best.  My first thought was,"How are they going to show all the slab character,... on the radio?"

Good on you for trying though!

[SawyerTed]

Thought I would piggy back on Bruno's thread with a story of other ways to donate. 

Don't forget your local schools for donations.  They are always raising money for field trips, playground equipment and the like.  

Benches and other projects for raffles or silent auctions are a good way to advertise.  Happily donated by "fill in your business name" on a card.  

I heard through the grapevine there's a long term substitute teacher in one of our middle school technology/industrial arts programs.  He has struggled for activities and projects for the kids.  Being a sub, he's not qualified to teach the kids how to use more than basic hand tools.  So no kids using machines which means limited projects.  

Also through the grapevine I heard he needed donations of materials for cigar box banjos.  I don't have cigar boxes, pegs or strings but I do have materials for the necks.  

I donated 50 or so 1x2x36 blanks for banjo necks.   It took 4 or 5 pieces of 1x6x10 and about an hour to cut the parts.  That's just 25-30 board feet - may cost less than $75 or so for me. 

Hopefully, the substitute teacher can provide some kids with a good hands on experience and maybe introduce a few to making music.  

[Bruno of NH]

Awesome 

[Ianab]

Schools are usually short of cash, and want materials for various projects.

Taylor is Year 7 at school now, and they get to do some "tech" stuff. This year they wanted to build some plant propagation tables (they have a vegetable garden at school). I had mentioned to the Teacher at the start of the year that I could source some wood for them for various projects, and he sent home a wish list, just asking if i could supply any of it. I had the mill set up and spare logs, and it turned out that most of the cut list was short 2x2. Next log was a bit punky in places, so cutting the smaller shorter pieces actually worked out good. I also threw some other random shorts / miscuts through the planer and sent them in for use with their new laser engraver. Saved them ~$500 over buying the timber at the local hardware store. Cost to me was negligible , but the value to the school was great.