Des Moines Woodworkers Association will be visiting TreeHugger Complete Tree Care in Maxwill, IA.

They will serve light lunch.

TreeHugger Complete Tree Care is a local family-owned business in Maxwell, Iowa, dedicated to providing premier tree services in Central Iowa. Led by certified arborists, they uphold honesty, integrity, and respect for both trees and properties. Facebook

Saturday, June 22, 2024

  • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM — Time is subject to change

  • TreeHugger Crew
    31533 640th Avenue
    Maxwell, IA, 50161
    (map)

Des Moines Woodworker volunteers created the first bench for the Iowa Arboretum Treehouse Village Project. This was a test bench build to work out all the details on how we were going to assemble the 15 benches we are building for the Arboretum Treehouse Village.

Members, we are tentatively scheduling the full-scale build at the Arboretum on June 1. Stay tuned for details about volunteering. Get involved, help the community.

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Newsletter Featured Articles:

May Meeting at Fred Maytag Scout Center, 6123 Scout Trail, Des Moines.

Meeting presentation by Niah Howard on experiences of teaching the blind the industrial arts.

Iowa State Fair - Volunteer to demonstrate or help with the Club booth.

General Club updates from the President and what to look forward to this Summer.

Educational Classes - Volunteer and provide ideas for fall classes.

Library - Learn how to tackle your large projects.

Show and Tell - Send pictures of your recently finished large projects to club@DMWoodworkers.org to show on the screen.

Preferred Supplier List.

May 2024 Members Meeting

At the May meeting, Niah Howard will be presenting on her experiences with nonvisual woodworking. She has completed training in blindness rehabilitation skills at both the Iowa Department for the Blind and the Louisiana Center for the Blind. Both training centers include industrials arts as a course for all of their students. She will talk about her experiences in those wood shop classes and will discuss the importance of inclusivity and accessibility.

Niah works as an Orientation and Mobility Instructor teaching blind kids and adults how to travel independently with the long white cane. She is a new member of the Des Moines Woodworkers Association and says she has already learned so much from her participation in classes this spring!