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Apple Country Woodworkers distribute hand-crafted toys next week

By Lightning Reports, Published: November 27, 2024

Hurricane Helene could not ruin Christmas for the hundreds of children who'll be lucky enough to get a hand-made wooden toy made by the Apple Country Woodworkers.

The non-profit club will gather at the Hendersonville Elks Club, 546 N. Justice Street, at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, to distribute more than 2,000 handmade wooden toys. The toys will go to 14 local human service agencies at their annual Toy Giveaway/Holiday Party. The agencies will receive these gifts, tailored to the age and gender of their young clients, for delivery in time for the year-end holidays. Agencies receiving toys include the Salvation Army, Hendersonville Rescue Mission, Missions-Carolina Baptist Association, Calvary Food Pantry and The Storehouse.

The 250 members of the Apple Country Woodcrafters spent the last year crafting the gifts by hand in their professionally equipped 3,700-square-foot workshop off Sugarloaf Road. 

“This is the 39th year for our wooden toy distribution” says Club President Tom Allen, “and we will start on next year’s toys just as soon as this Toy Party is over!” 

Established in 1985, Apple Country Woodcrafters is dedicated to education and the development of woodworking skills. Anyone can join and take advantage of the fully equipped and stocked woodshop and the advice and camaraderie of fellow woodworkers. The club offers a monthly lecture in different aspects of woodworking and boasts a special focus group on woodcarving that meets on Thursdays.  For more information visit http://www.applecountrywoodcrafters.org.