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Local Scroll Saw Club East Petersburg, PA. As Hurricane Katrina storm winds dissipated around Pascagoula, Mississippi, a brainstorm began for Mike Williams, a wood artist who enjoys working with a scroll saw. Williams works in Pascagoula and he saw children’s clothing scattered in tree branches. He concluded if their clothes were gone – so were their toys. Mike decided to invite other scrollsawers to join him in bringing a message of concern for the children affected by the storm. Together many scrollsawers would make hundreds, perhaps thousands of handmade toys and puzzles. Williams contacted others through a message board (see www.scrollsawer.com) inviting help in crafting handmade toys and puzzles. Local Pennsylvania scroll saw enthusiast, Dale Whisler, offered to help. Dale is a member of Tri County Scrollers, and has personally made more than 100 scroll saw puzzles using patterns from the book Dinosaur Puzzles for the Scroll Saw - 30 Amazing Patterns for Kids of All Ages (published by Fox Chapel Publishing). The dinosaur puzzles stand 40” tall, on the floor, and are a good challenge for children to construct. Tri County Scrollers meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Stevens Fire Hall, Stevens, PA. The Tri County Scrollers invite others to join them in providing toys. Scrollers will staff three toy collection sites on November 12 from 10am to 2pm (Wal-Mart in Ephrata, The Expo Center in Lebanon, and the Shopping Center in Shillington) to receive new or good used toys. For more information about this effort contact Dale Whisler by email at papicnic@yahoo.com or phone him at 717-799-4596. Fox Chapel is a leading publisher of woodcarving, woodturning and scroll saw books and magazines. Fox Chapel publishes Wood Carving Illustrated and Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazines. Visit www.FoxChapelPublishing.com ### Contact Fox Chapel Publishing's Public Relations Department for media inquiries, author interviews, review copies, image or materials requests: (Media, Academia/Education, & Retailers only) Public Relations Department |
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