Discovery: Shelter & Timber Framing
An Exploratory Hands-On Workshop for Youth
Building on Success: Next Children’s Workshop on Vancouver Island
The Children's Workshop at the
Burlington conference was a stupendous success.
We have finally arrived at a way to get kids
involved in what we do!
Following this success, we are soliciting interest
in doing a children’s workshop on Vancouver
Island in April 2006. Thanks to the
generous purchase by Bo Foard of the climbing
wall (built by the kids in Burlington), we have
enough money in the fund —- earmarked exclusively
for the children’s workshop —- to provide a
few scholarships to kids and instructors, build
up a tool cache, and provide child care for the
youngest kids. Age groups will be 12 and over
(full participation: three scholarships available);
411 (supervised, limited participation: can
join younger set in supervised child care or
other age appropriate activities); 3 and under
(child care with parents volunteering some time
per child).
To get the ball rolling, we are asking parents,
kids, and instructors to commit early. Parents
will be required to volunteer for at least two
1.5-hour sessions. Three scholarshipped instructors
are needed. We will rotate duty so that all
may enjoy the conference. In all, to make this
happen, we need at least three people to run it
and eight kids registered.
Please email us conferences@tfguild.org by
February 1 so that we can gauge interest and
plot a course. Thanks. We look forward to hearing
from you!
-- Chris Koehn and the Conference Committee
Photos by Ken Rower
To get an accurate estimate of how many children will be attending, please circle on the Registration Form the name(s) of your children who will participate. You can also sign your children up at the Conference (space permitting) when you arrive. If you are registering online, indicate your interest in this program in the Comments section of the online registration form or put an "x" before the child's name. Timber framers interested in assisting should also indicate this when registering for the Conference.
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