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Making a Difference

What a great feeling it is to make a difference!

The Diamond Neighborhoods of San Diego is situated just six miles from downtown and is a designated development district. With a majority low-income Hispanic/Latino population, during COVIC it's suffering more than most areas. We've been approached to help kids affected by the pandemic. Want to get involved?

With libraries closed and kids schooled at home, there are many needs. We've been approached to help by DEEP, a nonprofit specializing in education in the Diamond Neighborhoods. They've begun placing Little Free Libraries at local elementary schools but have run out libraries. Furthermore, they would like to get simple desks into the homes for kids to use for school work.

Talk about purposeful!

To start we'd just focus on a few Little Free Libraries. Leveraging our woodworking skills, our role would be to build and install them while DEEP would take care of all the permissions. We have the funding to get started if we can rally a team (or a few individuals) to build them. If building libraries goes well and we enjoy making a difference then we can move on to desk-making.

One of the beauties of such a project is creativity. There are so many design possibilities for Little Free Libraries. Our woodworking skills could allow us to produce something interesting or produce many efficiently, it's our choice. As for design ideas, to get your juices flowing I've found a site with 44 different designs and they're just the tip of the iceberg!

What better time to apply our woodworking skills for good?

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Craftsman Referral Terms

BACKGROUND
The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association (SDFWA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the education, promotion, and execution of the principles of fine woodworking.
The SDFWA frequently receives requests from people seeking the service of a woodworker. Therefore, although custom woodworking for hire is not the purpose of our organization, we offer this referral service to the public so that they might connect with a woodworker.

SCOPE
SDFWA does not screen or warrant the skills or work of any craftsman. The public should use their own discretion and due diligence before hiring any craftsman, from any source, including this one.
The sole role of SDFWA in this referral service is limited to providing our member woodworkers with your completed form. It is up to each craftsman to initiate a contact with the requester.

PROCEDURE
After a requester submits a project, the form will be emailed to our list of participating craftsmen. If a craftsman is interested in the project, they will contact the client directly, and a two-way conversation can begin.

As the craftsmen themselves choose which projects to respond to, this means that it is probable that some project requests will receive no response. If you do not receive a response in a reasonable time, please submit your request again, using the provided referral form.
Note that contacting SDFWA directly will not achieve the desired results.

DISCLAIMER
By agreeing to these Terms, and by continuing to submit this Referral Form, and by utilizing one or more of the services of any of these craftsmen, you are agreeing to contract exclusively with that individual craftsman and to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the SDFWA Organization, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the performance of this agreement, and any and all failures, damages, or otherwise negative outcomes caused directly or indirectly by the craftsmen you employ to do any project initiated by this Form. This does not preclude you from pursuing legal remedies from the individual craftsman that you employ. But any remedy you pursue is restricted to that individual craftsman, and does not include the SDFWA organization or any of its volunteer members.