[crw-talk] Wig Stands

[griff]

Members,

That is an incredible total number of wig stands donated by our 
members.  Thanks to everyone who had made them.  Denis Falch is our wig 
stand champion, he has made a bunch of them, around a hundred if memory 
serves..  And Denis' brother Doug does the finishing of them.  Bob 
Raasch deserves a huge shout out for his tireless coordinating of this 
project with Gundersen.  Thanks to all of you who tolerated my nagging 
and bugging to keep making them.  Please keep it up after I am no longer 
Program Director.

I made a wig stand for a neighbor who was receiving treatment in Eau 
Claire, she was very grateful for it.  Luckily for her, her cancer is 
now gone but the first episode of chemo was horrible for her.  The 
remaining five treatments were not horrible, just awful, and I like to 
think that getting that wig stand after the first treatment helped her 
to decide to go on with it.  Things like this remind us that our club is 
making an important contribution which is a part of our reason for 
existence.  Service is good for us, as well as for others.

Thanks again,

John

On 11/1/23 9:44 PM, raaschb at charter.net wrote:
>
> Members,
>
> Today I took 21 wig stands to the Gundersen Healthcare Cancer Center. 
>  Taylor, the cancer center coordinator said, “the patients love 
> them”.  My fellow turners, please continue making them, know that the 
> fruits of your labor do make a difference. As an aside benefit, those 
> recipients know these stands are made by members of the local wood 
> turning club, Coulee Region Woodturners.
>
> I believe, but cannot guarantee that as of now, 187 stands have been 
> collected and sent to local healthcare facilities, it may be more.
>
> I did not collect the stands from the Oct meeting.
>
> Regards, -b raasch
>
>
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