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Bow Little Market Craftsmen Practice Selfless Giving

11/6/2013

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Bow Little Market woodworkers, Laura Matthews and John Braun are part of a group of around 15 craftsmen that gather twice monthly through out the winter months to make toys for kids in need.  This group coordinates with the Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Fund for the last four and a half years and donates their handicrafts to Toys for Tots, a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve.  This year they donated around 175 toys to kids of parents who can not afford to buy gifts for the holidays.

Throughout the winter, the group meets at the Laura and Val Matthews shop off of Ershig Road in Bow.  They drink coffee, chit-chat, and build beautiful, heirloom quality toys like boats, barges, educational toys, xylophones, and pendulum cradles that the women’s quilting guild made bedding for.  Washington Alder LLC on Farm to Market and Targo Hardwoods on C Street in Bellingham donate most of the wood that is used. John Braun plans on creating a second group at his shop off of Lilly Lake Road so even more toys are donated next year.  If interested contact him at lesjbraun@gmail.com.

Both Laura and John, certainly community minded folk, volunteer their time and resource to the Bow Little Market as well.  Support these woodworkers, and keep your dollars at home this holiday season by shopping with them at the Bow Little Holiday Festival.


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