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THE VALLEY WOODTURNERS CLUB IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF WOODTURNING AS A FUN AND CREATIVE HOBBY.
Please join us at our next Hybrid meeting on April 11th, 7pm
In person location: CONFEDERATION EDUCATION CENTER (Directions)
Zoom link (for remote participation) and information on restrictions and processes will be sent to your email registered with the Association
April Demonstration:
Pen-turning with Celtic knots
Please contact the Club President (email) for more information.
In person location: CONFEDERATION EDUCATION CENTER (Directions)
Zoom link (for remote participation) and information on restrictions and processes will be sent to your email registered with the Association
April Demonstration:
Pen-turning with Celtic knots
Please contact the Club President (email) for more information.
Website Updates
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You may have noticed a slightly updated colour scheme to the website, and some clean up of content. You aren't imagining things! We are gradually updating the content in the website. If you have any feedback or input, please let us know through email.
On that note - check out the Turners Wanted page - Turners are wanted, with a few new requests! |
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Media Release - Ontario Trillium Foundation
Date: 22 March 2023
$7,100 OTF Grant Makes Hybrid Meetings Possible
L: Murray Cameron, C: Celine Duguay, R: Gary Thomas (OTF)
Ottawa, ON – On March 21st 2023, the Valley Woodturners held its first formal hybrid meeting, which was partly made possible thanks to a $7,100 Resilient Communities Fund Grant it received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The grant was used to purchase the necessary equipment and services to hold hybrid meetings and demonstrations.
“This investment by the Ontario Trillium Foundation to enable remote online participation in club meetings facilitates a post-Covid return to normal at the pace and comfort level of each member, while providing a solid foundation for expanding accessibility and geographic reach to woodturning hobbyists and professionals throughout the Ottawa Valley and beyond,” said Lisa MacLeod, MPP for Nepean .
The impact of this Ontario Trillium Foundation grant cannot be overstated,” said Murray Cameron, President of the Valley Woodturners. “It is enabling us to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by procuring audio-visual equipment to adapt club activities to better connect members and community now, as we continue to emerge from the pandemic, and to extend membership throughout the region to those who would otherwise not be able to participate.
Valley Woodturners is a volunteer-run not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a forum where woodturners of all skill levels can share methods, techniques and ideas; and encouraging interest in woodturning through provision of live demonstrations and hands on training. Please visit the website at: www.valleywoodturners.com.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations celebrates 40 years of grantmaking in Ontario and making a lasting impact in communities. Last year, OTF invested nearly $209M into 2,042 community projects and partnerships, which included funding for the Government of Ontario’s Community Building Fund. Visit otf.ca to learn more.
Organization Contact for Media Inquiries:
Tom Hayward, Treasurer
Valley Woodturners Inc.
613 290-1206
ovwtreasurer@gmail.com
“This investment by the Ontario Trillium Foundation to enable remote online participation in club meetings facilitates a post-Covid return to normal at the pace and comfort level of each member, while providing a solid foundation for expanding accessibility and geographic reach to woodturning hobbyists and professionals throughout the Ottawa Valley and beyond,” said Lisa MacLeod, MPP for Nepean .
The impact of this Ontario Trillium Foundation grant cannot be overstated,” said Murray Cameron, President of the Valley Woodturners. “It is enabling us to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by procuring audio-visual equipment to adapt club activities to better connect members and community now, as we continue to emerge from the pandemic, and to extend membership throughout the region to those who would otherwise not be able to participate.
Valley Woodturners is a volunteer-run not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a forum where woodturners of all skill levels can share methods, techniques and ideas; and encouraging interest in woodturning through provision of live demonstrations and hands on training. Please visit the website at: www.valleywoodturners.com.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations celebrates 40 years of grantmaking in Ontario and making a lasting impact in communities. Last year, OTF invested nearly $209M into 2,042 community projects and partnerships, which included funding for the Government of Ontario’s Community Building Fund. Visit otf.ca to learn more.
Organization Contact for Media Inquiries:
Tom Hayward, Treasurer
Valley Woodturners Inc.
613 290-1206
ovwtreasurer@gmail.com
CONGRATULATIONS - INTRO TO WOODTURNING MAR 2023
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Another successful Introduction to Woodturning Course is complete! This one was 3 successive Sundays in February and March 2023. Congratulations and looking forward to seeing you at the monthly meetings!
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L to R, Students have (S) beside their name: Bart Poulter, Charles (Chuck) Lalonde (S), Keith Spurrell (S), Amber Walpole (S), David Oldford, Louis Boucher, Dave Parker (S), Bob McGillivray (S), Katia Bivol (S), Glenn Hetherington, Tom Hayward. Not in picture: Murray Cameron; Patricia Scott-Jeoffr (S), Thomas Burn, Barry Young, Larry Kollee
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Congratulations - Intro to Woodturning Feb 2023
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In person Introduction to Woodturning courses are back on the menu!
After 3 Sundays in the Seminar room at Lee Valley, we have 7 turners who completed the course, including making a mortar and pestle, a platter, a bowl, and a lidded box (in a record 1.5 hours for the box). This was also an opportunity for assistant Instructors to shadow and learn the program from the main Instructors, who were Louis Boucher and Bart Poulter. To learn more about our course (which currently has a waitlist), check out the Education pages. |
L to R, Students have (S) beside their name: Glenn Hetherington, Tom Hayward, Bart Poulter, Bernie Maskerine (S); Paco Ramirez (S); Louis Boucher; Larry Kollee (S); Chantal Laframboise (S); Sven Eberhard (S); Wendy Manchur (S); Barry Young; Jayne Torr (S); Thomas Burn. Not in picture: Murray Cameron; David Oldford
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Valley Woodturners Receives Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant
October 18, 2022
Valley Woodturners Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) grant under OTF’s Resilient Communities Fund. This $7,100 grant is enabling us to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by procuring audio-visual equipment and services to adapt club activities with hybrid in-person / online meetings and demonstrations to better connect members and community, both during and after the pandemic.
Le Ottawa Valley Woodturners Inc est fier d’annoncer qu’il est l’heureux récipiendaire d’une subvention du Fonds pour les communautés résiliantes de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. Cette subvention de $7100 lui permettra d’adapter la livraison de ses activités en réponse aux besoins changeants de ses membres face aux répercussions du Covid. L’aide financière servira à l’achat d’équipements et de services audiovisuels permettant au club de livrer ses activités en mode hybride, en personne et en ligne, et ainsi rejoindre l’ensemble de ses membres et permettre leur interaction continue.
Valley Woodturners Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) grant under OTF’s Resilient Communities Fund. This $7,100 grant is enabling us to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by procuring audio-visual equipment and services to adapt club activities with hybrid in-person / online meetings and demonstrations to better connect members and community, both during and after the pandemic.
Le Ottawa Valley Woodturners Inc est fier d’annoncer qu’il est l’heureux récipiendaire d’une subvention du Fonds pour les communautés résiliantes de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. Cette subvention de $7100 lui permettra d’adapter la livraison de ses activités en réponse aux besoins changeants de ses membres face aux répercussions du Covid. L’aide financière servira à l’achat d’équipements et de services audiovisuels permettant au club de livrer ses activités en mode hybride, en personne et en ligne, et ainsi rejoindre l’ensemble de ses membres et permettre leur interaction continue.
