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Offline Old Dust

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Old Dust signs in.
« on: January 02, 2012, 03:20:06 pm »
Hi All.

A Little about me and scrolling.
I'm a 75+ year ol' fa'' in Coolidge AZ.
Most all of my scrolling work I do as a Fund Raiser for the Arizona Lions Clubs Handicapped camp, Camp Tatiyee, located in Lakeside AZ. Over the years I have been doing this I have been able to give them over $34,000.00 to give a weeks FREE camping experience to Arizona Handicapped.

Most of the Fund Raising activity has been doing art/craft shows during the 'winter visitors' season here at various RV Parks/Resorts.
I use to do over 45 shows during that time (Nov - March).
Can't do that anymore.

I also have a display at one of our local Cafe's and give them a flat $5 commission regardless of the 'donated' price on the item.

This past year has been just awful.

Wore out 2 Delta scroll saws and now have a DeWalt 788.

Another way I raise funds is Bar Hopping. I'll take several cuttings and just lay them out on a table while imbibing. Works for me. Best is Fri/Sat after they get a check.

Any questions?

John

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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 04:28:57 pm »
Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum John . Hi I'm Russ from Florida, I am glad you found us. Amazing dedication to help the handicapped. I am sure you will be blessed.  :)
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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 04:39:19 pm »
welcome John to our forum, I'm Keith from Cornwall U.K. and may I congratulate you for all your hard fundraising work, that is quite a formidable task to have raised so much for such a good cause.
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 05:25:23 pm »
Hey John, Welcome the forum! It is a pleasure having you as a member of our humble forum. a lot of us do charity work also. The woodworking club I belong to builds and donates thousands of toys for needy children in our part of the world. Congratulations to you for all you have done!
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 06:19:22 pm »
Welcome John!
Your work is very appreciated here!

Torsten from Munich, Germany

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« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 07:24:19 pm »
Hi Old Dust, glad to have you aboard. I'm Roy from Scotland and I must say you deserve hearty congratulations for the great work you do,long may you continue.
Rob Roy.

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« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 08:51:04 pm »
Welcome to the forum John, I admire all the work and effort you put in to help the handicap. Please post pictures of you work and maybe it will inspire more of us to follow your lead.

I'm Al from So. CA.
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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 09:16:00 pm »
Welcome John, nice to have you here.

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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 10:09:45 pm »
Welcome.. I'm Scott from West Virginia.. that's a noble cause you have going...

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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2012, 12:26:51 am »
Hi John, great to see you here, They are all a great bunch of guys and your jokes will go down well in the coffee shop specially the one about giving pills to cats.   :D

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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 07:16:07 am »
Hi John and welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas.  Glad to have you here. 

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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2012, 09:18:52 am »
Hi John, welcome to the forum.

I know of Camp Tatiyee because we spend a lot of time in that area during the summer.  We have vacation property in Alpine and my cousin has a cabin outside of Lakeside so we run back and forth quite a bit. 

It sounds like you have definitely done your share to help the disabled, which I can certainly appreciate because my husband is handicapped since birth.

Glad to have you here!!

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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2012, 10:06:55 am »
Welcome to the fourm
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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2012, 11:14:09 am »
Welcome i'm Pete from Scotland  :D
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« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2012, 03:29:47 pm »
Welcome to the forum from Beautiful Southern Oregon;)

 

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