Nonprofit Organizations Served by DGWW as of April 2024

  • 3 Dots Downtown (Made a donation box)
  • Art Alliance of Central PA (Set up new tables, repaired/maintained easels)
  • Big Brother Big Sister (Hosted 2 Kazoo Making Events and made and donated a Corn Hole Set) 
  • Centre Gives (Kazoo Making Booth at Centre Gives Fest)
  • Centre Learning Community Charter School (three trimester long wood shop classes)
  • Centre Wildlife Cares (Built squirrel houses used to rehabilitate and relocate injured squirrels)
  • Clearwater Conservancy (donated wood projects to their auction)
  • Jana Marie Foundation (3 JAM Fest Kazoo Making Events, Three Tranquility Stations (Little Library Boxes))
  • Nittany Valley Charter School (Kaleidoscope Building Woodworking activity)
  • Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences / Pasto Agricultural Museum (made replicas of historic human powered Flax processing tools)
  • Penn State Intergenerational Programs (assisted with and presented at conferences)
  • Penns Valley School District (Summer Camps for Middle School Students)
  • Pennsylvania Downtown Center / PA WalkWorks Program (Made “Glide Bike Ramps”)
  • The Rivet (Hosted many Saturday Youth Workshop Woodturning Sessions and one Kazoo Making Event, built a robotics table, a ware cart, a tool cart, and a glazing samples display board, and donated a lathe and a router table.)
  • Rotary Club of Downtown State College (Kazoo Making Event at their Ice Cream Festival)
  • Selinsgrove Engagement Center (Made Planter Boxes / Made Cajons)
  • State College Friends School (Kazoo Building event, Woodworking classes (Lamps, Kazoos, Planters, Bluebird houses, Music Boxes), and donated auction items)
  • Strawberry Fields (Made a portable U-shaped display bar)
  • Ten Thousand Villages (Hosted woodworking events: making kazoos / wood turning keychains)
  • The Y in State College ( Seven Cabinets for the registration/Check in Area)
    ********************** Projects In the Planning Stages **********************
  • In progress: LifeLink (State College Area School District and PSU) Four Day Woodworking Experience in May of 2024
  • In Progress: In Progress: Jana Marie Foundation (Fourth tranquility station Little Library Box)
  • Pending: Inclusive Park Project (Make a Little Library Box to distribute materials about creating inclusive spaces)
  • Pending: Volunteer Centre County / The Re-store / Adjudicated Youth (Host youth volunteers in need of community service hours in the building of projects for nonprofits)