The story is about how our chapter's Annual Deep Sea Fishing and Golfing Outing has become both a networking event between the chapter members, and a way to invest in the woodworkers of tomorrow by raising money for woodworker education.
The NEAWI Scholarship and Education Fund as part of the 2008 Annual Outing, raised $4,500 through "sponsored items" at the outing, to be used for regional woodworking educational organizations and activites, as described in our fund announcement.
Since the start of this program in 2005, NEAWI has supported organizations such as WoodLINKS USA, the Woodworker Career Alliance, as well as local organizations such as the New England Student Woodworking Design Competition at the Forest and Wood Products Institute, part of Mount Wachusett Community College.
The AWI "News Briefs" article goes on to suggest that other AWI chapters use the NEAWI model to replicate this future-oriented activity.
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