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The Freedom Pens
Project is an all volunteer effort spearheaded
by the members of SawMill Creek Woodworkers Forums
to provide custom hand crafted pens to American
servicemen and women overseas. We welcome anyone
who is interested in our project and willing to
donate their time, talent or services to assist
us in our goal of providing beautiful writing
instruments for our military stationed in foreign
countries who are in harms way. Every Freedom
Pen that is delivered will serve as a constant
reminder to our troops that they are not alone
and will have our continued support until every
one of them returns home.
Who Makes The Pens?
Freedom Pens are being made by individual woodworkers
everywhere, from small towns to our largest cities,
amateur woodworkers are donating their time, talent
and personal funds to create custom pens as a
symbol of their support for our military men and
women.
Our program is sponsored by the Woodworking Community
of SawMill
Creek.org,
How Can You Get Involved?
We need your help
to advertise our program, create pens and help
funding the cost of providing pen kits and materials.
* If you are a member of a woodworkers club or
organization and your group is interested in joining
the Freedom Pen Project or co-sponsoring a Turn-A-Thon
Click
Here to send us an email, please include
any questions you have concerning the project.
Where can I get pen kits?
If you need pen kits you can order from our
bulk-buy program. For information contact Click
Here
Where Can I Ship My Pens To?
SawMill
Creek Woodworkers Forums are sponsored by Northwind Associates, a sign
company in Gloucester County Virginia. Northwind Associates has
volunteered to receive and distribute all pens created for the program.
The shipping address is;
Freedom Pens Project C/O
Northwind Associates
8770 Little England Rd
Hayes, VA 23072
Please pack each pen individually, in tubes, plastic
bags or roll them in newspaper but make sure that
each pen is protected. Damage from shipping is
a major concern and if we have to wrap each pen
it slows the delivery of your pens.
I Don't Own a Lathe, How Can I Help?
We need woodworkers who do not
own a lathe to help us prepare wood turning blanks
for those who are producing pens. Anyone who would
like to provide lumber, even in small quantities
would be a valuable asset to our program and we
welcome their assistance. Often workshop scraps
can be used to prepare turning blanks for pens.
Our immediate need is to get the word out to newspapers,
radio stations, television stations and magazines
about our program. If you are able to assist by
contacting the media and letting them know about
our program we would certainly appreciate your
efforts.
What are Our Goals for the Freedom Pen Program?
We believe we can ship over 20,000 each year.
Our target number is relative to the number of
woodworkers who are willing to participate. Financial
support will be necessary but we can produce hand
crafted pens at a very low cost since all of our
labor is a volunteer effort. The progress of our
Freedom Pen program will be updated regularly
here and in the SawMill Creek Freedom Pens Forum.
The men and women in our military forces serve
and protect many nations all over the world. They
are provided the very best equipment and technology
by our Government but they need moral support
from home, positive assurance that the people
of our country are behind them every minute of
every day. When one of our hand made writing instruments
is used to write a letter home it is a symbol
of our support and physical evidence that the
people of America care deeply about their safety
and are praying for their safe return home.
It is a privilege for the members of SawMill Creek
Woodworkers Forums to develop and provide continued
support for the Freedom Pen program. Our members
are responding to our call for help and are excited
about getting involved with such an honorable
project that will touch the hearts of our sons
and daughters in harms way.
If you are serving in
the United States Military and your unit is stationed
in a combat zone anywhere in the world please
contact us directly. We would be honored to provide
you with custom handwriting pens, this is our
way of showing our support and appreciation for
your service to the American people.
Here is a link to the original message that got
our program started January 16th, 2004.
Original
Thread
Contact Information
Keith
Outten - Freedom Pens Project Administrator
Ken
Salisbury - Freedom Pens Project Coordinator
Aaron
Koehl - SawMill Creek Administrator
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