Shop Night
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Vision
To provide woodworking experiences which will encourage youth to build competency that results in feelings of increased self-worth.
Objectives
1) Aid youth in completing their community service hours.
2) Provide opportunities for youth to learn carpentry skills:
-using old fashioned carpentry techniques to create log furniture
-planning and designing
-measuring and marking
-tool safety
-cutting and sanding
-nailing, screwing, clamping, and gluing
-finishing with stains and polyurethane
3) Construct projects that fill an identified and need within our organization or the community.
4) Construct projects that can be exchanged for donations to the Youth Service Bureau.
5) Create a platform for adult volunteers to assist youth with woodworking projects and form positive, encouraging relationships at the same time.
If you have an interest in woodworking and would like an opportunity to have a positive influence in teenagers lives, This program is for you!
- Woodworking experience is helpful, but not required.
- The ability to communicate and relate effectively with teens is needed.
- Training is required and will be provided by the YSB.
- To have an application mailed to you, contact Matt at 651-464-3685 or by e-mail matt.howard@ysblakesarea.org.
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Log Furniture
When? When school is in session: 4:00-8:00 Every other Tuesday night during the warm months of the year. During the summer: 9:00-1:00 Every other Friday morning.
Where? On the Youth Service Bureau’s loading dock at 244 North Lake Street, Forest Lake, MN
Why?
- To help youth who have community service complete their hours and learn carpentry skills
- To have a platform for adult volunteers to work with youth
- To assist the Youth Service Bureau in it’s fundraising efforts
With log donations coming in from multiple sources, the Shop Night program was able to create a variety of different furniture items that could be given away in exchange for donations to the Youth Service Bureau.
The participating youth and volunteers:
- Learn an old-fashioned carpentry technique of working with logs.
- Take logs donated straight from the woods and turned them into usable furniture.
- Youth gain experience with many aspects of woodworking: working with a draw knife, measuring, marking, using screws, gluing and clamping, sanding and finishing.
- Give back to the community by adding to a Youth Service Bureau fundraising effort.
If you are interested in receiving a log furniture item, in exchange for a donation, please feel free to contact Matt at 651 464-3685 or by e-mail matt.howard@ysblakesarea.org.
Orders for specific items will be taken as time and supplies allow. Contact Matt for more information.
Community members are welcome to stop by the Youth Service Bureau to check out what items we may have in stock and see us in action!