March - San Diego Woodturners

San Diego Woodturners Page 8 March 2011
AAW Recognizes the “Quiet Stalwarts”
The Quiet Stalwarts - every chapter has a few. You know...the guy or gal who is the first to pitch in and the last
to quit at the end of the task. It takes a lot of effort by a lot of people to make a chapter successful but usually
there are one or more “quiet stalwarts.” They are the backbone of most of the chapters. When nobody else will
take on a task, they will. When everyone else has burned out, they keep on plugging. Not once but time after
time , year after year. Always giving to share the joy of woodturning. We know how important they are to the
chapters and we’d like to help the chapters recognize them.
(http://www.woodturner.org/community/chapters/quiet/recognition/)
San Diego Woodturners Recongnizes
Tom Edwards (Becki Too!)
Tom Edwards was awarded a SDWT Lifetime Membership Award in 2010 with his wife, Becky (Team Edwards).
Over the years, Tom, as longtime Board member and mentor, has functioned as Resource Chairman;
- retrieving, preparing, and providing local woods to members. Chair of set-up and management of the
SDWT demo booth at the SD County Fair; where members turn tops, etc. to raise money for our Toys for Tots
and Wounded Warrior Projects. A leader in our Turn Around for Vets (our Wounded Warrior project); Tom
has modified tools and lathe equipment to accomodate the needs of our injured Warriors. Team Edwards also
manages our Video Library and Lost & Found collection. Tom and Becky are an inspiration for all our woodturning
friends.