Final Coat
Minwax honors woodworkers guild with
2008 Community Craftsman Award
Minwax, a manufacturer of wood finishing and wood care products, has selected the Greenville Woodworkers Guild of Greenville, SC, as the
grand prize winner in the 2008 Community Craftsman
Award Program. Living up to the guild’s motto of “Giving
Through Fellowship,” the members of the guild have
enriched their community with a wealth of charitable projects, including considerable woodworking done on behalf of
Greenville’s Meyer Center for Special Needs Children.
The Minwax Community Craftsman Award is a national program that recognizes individuals and groups which
promote community improvement through working with
wood, and awards them grants and products to encourage
continued community service. As the 2008 Community
Craftsman Award grand prize winner, the Greenville
Woodworkers Guild receives a $5,000 cash grant, a supply
of Minwax products and a private wood finishing workshop with do-it-yourself television personality and author
Bruce Johnson.
The Greenville Woodworkers Guild continues to build on
a long history of projects completed for the Meyer Center—
including special furniture, as well as stools, stairs, storage cubbies and physical training equipment. Projects for
2008 included more than 4,000 volunteer hours building
office cabinetry for the center’s expansion, and additional
physical therapy equipment for the facility. For the holiday
season, participants in the guild’s toy-building classes constructed and donated more than 300 wooden toys to the
Meyer Center and other area charitable organizations.
“We are very happy to recognize the members of the
Greenville Woodworkers Guild for their outstanding community service,” said Janet Krakow, vice president, marketing, Sherwin-Williams Wood Care Products. “The members’ generosity of spirit and countless hours volunteered
truly epitomizes the intent of the Minwax Community
Craftsman Award. It also demonstrates how an already
gratifying activity—working with wood—can be even more
satisfying when done for the good of others.” CW
Bruce Johnson demonstrates how to apply Minwax Wood Conditioner
before stain to a member of the Greenville Woodworker Guild.
From left: Bruce Johnson, wood finishing expert
and Minwax spokesperson and Janet Krakow, VP,
marketing Sherwin-Williams Wood Care Products
award Greenville Woodworkers Guild president,
Wayne Comstock, a check for $5,000 in recognition of the group’s community service.
