Service Projects and Awards

2024

In December, volunteer Guild members in their own shops and Scout troop volunteers from the Scoutland Camp on Lake Lanier built and delivered over 180 wooden toys, including trucks, cars, planes, helicopters, pencil boxes, jewelry boxes and puzzles to Emmaus House in central Atlanta, the Craddock Center in Cherry Log, Georgia, and KARE for kids in Dawsonville, Georgia. Emmaus House works for residents of Peoplestown and surrounding neighborhoods in central Atlanta.The Craddock Center delivers educational and cultural programs to children, families, and communities in North Georgia and southern Appalachia. KARE for Kids provides opportunities for children in Dawson County to have a Christmas they deserve, as well as year-round assistance with a winter coat, tennis shoes, medical needs or specific items needed for school.

2023

In December, Guild members and Scout troop volunteers from the Scoutland Camp on Lake Lanier built and delivered over 100 wooden toys, including trucks, cars, planes, helicopters, pencil boxes and jewelry boxes to Emmaus House in downtown Atlanta, and to the Craddock Center in Cherry Log, Georgia. Emmaus House works for residents of Peoplestown and surrounding neighborhoods.The Craddock Center provides support to preschool age children 3 to 5 years of age in North Georgia.

2021

100+ toys were donated to United Way of Atlanta in January 2021. Members Gary Fader and Terry Kelly lead the toy building effort.

2020

The pandemic impacted our toy building workdays. As a workaround, members were encouraged to build toys in their shops using the Toys for Kids plans. The Guild did have a limited attendance workday in December at Woodcraft

2019

In December, the Guild delivered 50 toy trucks and 44 hand cut puzzles along with crayons to the Craddock Center in Cherry Log, Georgia. The Craddock Center provides support to preschool age children 3 to 5 years of age in North Georgia. Board members Gary Feld and Nuane Neely presented the donation.

The toy truck and puzzle components were fabricated by Guild members at their home workshops. Final assembly occurring during the regular Guild September 2019 meeting at Woodcraft in Roswell.

2017

Toy building was completed over the summer of 50 toy trucks and 60 wooden puzzles for The Children’s Hospital of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. Ten members build at Woodcraft with 30 members finished at the October Guild meeting.

2016

Working with Artisan Care and Action Ministries, the Guild build 11 tables to benefit formerly homeless veterans to provide furniture. Peach State Lumber provided the stock with members milling, cutting and shaping the table components. Assembly happened at the March Woodworking Show in the Guild’s booth. Final sanding and finish were completed at Woodcraft. Board members Nuane Neely and Joe Rodriguez presented the tables to Action Ministry.

Flag Cases

After the 9/11 terror attacks, the Guild joined a national effort with other guilds in building flag cases for the victims. This effort was organized by regions with the southeast contributing 152 cases. Our Guild built 85 plus cases. This project concluded in 2002.

Mountaintop Boys Home

The Guild won the 2000 Minwax Community Craftsman Award for its involvement with community projects. The board decided to use the $5,000 in prize money to further build out the wood shop at the Boys’ Home in Sugar Valley, GA, with selected power tools and a dust collection system. The shop was an integral to the vocational and educational effort for these in the juvenile justice system to earn a GED. In 2004, Boys’ Home mission and residency approach changed, and the school was closed. The Guild continued to support the home by building beds for new dormitories.