The 40 Nonprofit Organizations Served by DGWW (by 3/29/2026
In alphabetical order. (See Projects & Events for Details)
- 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)
- Center for Alternatives in Community Justice (DGWW has worked with the CACJ's "Youth Aid Panel" to provide opportunities for young people who are in need of spending hours of community service after minor infractions. These youth work with us to make parts for street fairs and help in other ways.
- Centre Gives (Hosted a Kazoo Making Booth at Centre Gives Fest)
- Centre Learning Community Charter School (Conducted three, trimester-long wood shop classes, built a First Lego League Robotics Practice Table, and a blank 4 foot by 6 foot, 100 piece, jigsaw puzzle for a school activity)
- Centre Wildlife Care (Built squirrel houses used to rehabilitate and relocate injured squirrels)
- Clearwater Conservancy (Donated woodworking projects to multiple auctions; made and donated six bluebird houses, and trained on how and where to install)
- Greenwood Furnace State Park (Supplied kits for 16 bat houses and guided 10 families in building bat houses)
- Housing Transitions (Donated woodworking projects to their auction in 2024 (and will again in 2025))
- Interfaith Human Services (Donated woodworking projects to their auctions in 2024 and 2025)
- Jana Marie Foundation (Made and installed mounting brackets to hold 10 Djembe Drums on the wall in their HQ / Hosted JAM Fest Kazoo Making Events in four different years / and Built and helped install four "Tranquility Stations" (Little Library Boxes) to distribute self-help information)
- LifeLink (A partnership between State College Area School District and PSU) (Hosted a Four-Day Woodworking Experience for LifeLink Students in May of 2024, and a three day session in June of 2025)
- Nittany Valley Charter School (Hosted a Kaleidoscope Building Woodworking activity)
- Out of the Cold (OOTC) (Repaired beds, Replaced Wooden Gutter Trim, Building a "Donation House" for Bell Ringing" Fundraising
- Pack 67 - Spring Creek Juniata Valley Council, Scouting America (Helped 20 cubscouts and their parents use woodworking tools to shape their "Pinewood Derby" race cars.
- Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences / Pasto Agricultural Museum (Made replicas of historic human-powered flax processing tools, enabling PSU students to make linen as people did in the 1800s)
- Penn State University, Extension (Prepared parts for and led a group of 20 extension agents in the construction of 20 "X-box" style Bluebird Houses.
- Penn State Intergenerational Programs (Assisted with and presented at conferences in State College and Lancaster PA)
- Penns Valley School District (Collaborated with Penns Valley High school wood shop teacher to offer Summer Camps for three groups of Middle School Students over two summers)
- Pennsylvania Downtown Center / PA WalkWorks Program (Made “Glide Bike Ramps” for use in their "Bicycle Rodeo" training programs)
- Rhoneymeade (Hosted a Bluebird House Building Event at their Arbor Day Festival, and built two gardening tables, two benches, and a balance scale activity for their new Children's Outdoor activity area.)
- The Rivet (Hosted many Saturday Youth Workshop Woodturning Sessions and one Kazoo Making Event; built a First Lego League Robotics Practice Table; built a "ware cart," a tool cart, and a glazing samples display rack; and donated a lathe and a router table.)
- Three Dots Downtown (Made a donation box)
- Rotary Club of Downtown State College (Hosted a Kazoo Making Event at their Ice Cream Festival to help raise funds for local nonprofits in 2023 and again in 2025.)
- Route 45 Getaways Project (Made dozens of display stands for distribution of brochures and maps)
- Schlow Public Library (Rebuilt and re-decorated their Fall Fundraising Display. / Helped the leaders of a Schlow Library club make game boards. / Repaired and improved display kiosks for exhibits. / Built a Riser to elevate the monitor in the "Game Zone".)
- Schuylkill County's Vision (Made a Glide Bike Ramp for their "Bicycle Rodeo" training programs)
- Selinsgrove Engagement Center (Made Cedar Planter Boxes one summer; Made Wooden Cajons the next)
- State College Area School District (worked with the RIT Program to build a large octagonal picnic table)
- State College Contra Dance (Made a "Sandwich Board" style sign structure so they could post signs to invite people to participate in their events.)
- State College Friends Meeting (Worked with younger members to make and install a "Little Friendly Library" for sharing books and documents with the community. with the younger members
- State College Friends School (Made custom shelves for the Library and custom bookends incorporating the school's logo. / Made a rolling cart for carrying books. / Hosted a Kazoo Building event. / Hosted several woodworking classes (Lamps, Kazoos, Planters, Bluebird houses, Music Boxes). / Donated auction items.
- Stay & Play Preschool/State College Presbyterian Church - Donated items to their fundraising auctions in 2025 & 2026)
- Strawberry Fields (Made a portable U-shaped display bar)
- Ten Thousand Villages (Hosted two woodworking events: making kazoos, Making Kaleidoscopes, and Turning keychains)
- The Y in State College (Built seven custom cabinets for their registration/check in area)
- Unbounded Abilities (Donated woodworking projects to their craft sale in 2025)
- United Way (Working with "United Women" a group of local female volunteers to make cutting boards)
- Volunteer Centre County / Adjudicated Youth Panel (Hosted a young man in need of community service hours who helped us prepare parts for woodworking projects to benefit other nonprofits)
- Walk to End Alzheimer's (Donated several woodowrking-based items for their raffle baskets and raffle prizes)