The 26 Nonprofit Organizations Served by DGWW
(as of October 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 (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 Cares (Built squirrel houses used to rehabilitate and relocate injured squirrels)
  • Clearwater Conservancy (Donated woodworking projects to their auction; made and donated six bluebird houses, and trained on how and where to install)
  • Housing Transitions ((Donated woodworking projects to their auction)
  • Jana Marie Foundation (Hosted JAM Fest Kazoo Making Events in three different years, Built and helped install four “Tranquility Stations” (Little Library Boxes) to distribute self-help information)
  • LifeLink (State College Area School District and PSU) )Hosted a Four-Day Woodworking Experience in May of 2024)
  • Nittany Valley Charter School (Hosted a Kaleidoscope Building Woodworking activity)
  • Penn State 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 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)
  • 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.)
  • Rotary Club of Downtown State College (Hosted a Kazoo Making Event at their Ice Cream Festival)
  • Route 45 Getaways Project (Made dozens of display stands for distribution of brochures and maps)
  • 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 Friends School (Hosted a Kazoo Building event; Hosted several 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 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)
  • 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)

    ********************** Projects In the Planning Stages **********************
  • Pending: Inclusive Park Project (Make a Little Library Box to distribute materials about creating inclusive spaces)