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While I know there is much else going on in the world and there are those who are in grave need just now (I was born in Biloxi, MS and have family all up and down the Gulf Coast most of them in the South Louisiana/Biloxi areas) I ask ya'll to read this and hopefully help if possible......
About a month or so ago fellow knifemaker, Tom Lewis, who is also a teacher in a small, low funded school in New Mexico, asked on this forum if some of us leather crafters/knifemakers would be able to send some scraps of veg-tan in order that his students would have something for their crafts class. Anyway Linda and I sent a box full of usable scrap and today I guess you could say we received our "reward" .....
Tom's class of 10-12 years olds, some of who are Special Education students, took the time to write us letters of thank you that have warmed our hearts no end. Wish I could share all of them with you...................
I would ask that any of you who could gather up a box, no matter how small, of your veg-tan scraps and ship them to Tom I am sure it would be much appreciated - especially considering the fact that others offered scraps but apparently we are the only ones that sent some (and PLEASE I am not pointing a finger at anyone - I am not your conscience and no judgement is being passed by me).
If you're interested send the scraps - vegtan only as the kids are doing stamping, etc. - to:
Tom Lewis
1613 Standpipe Rd.
Carlsbad NM 88220
Hopefully more of us here will be able to come through for these students.........
About a month or so ago fellow knifemaker, Tom Lewis, who is also a teacher in a small, low funded school in New Mexico, asked on this forum if some of us leather crafters/knifemakers would be able to send some scraps of veg-tan in order that his students would have something for their crafts class. Anyway Linda and I sent a box full of usable scrap and today I guess you could say we received our "reward" .....
Tom's class of 10-12 years olds, some of who are Special Education students, took the time to write us letters of thank you that have warmed our hearts no end. Wish I could share all of them with you...................
I would ask that any of you who could gather up a box, no matter how small, of your veg-tan scraps and ship them to Tom I am sure it would be much appreciated - especially considering the fact that others offered scraps but apparently we are the only ones that sent some (and PLEASE I am not pointing a finger at anyone - I am not your conscience and no judgement is being passed by me).
If you're interested send the scraps - vegtan only as the kids are doing stamping, etc. - to:
Tom Lewis
1613 Standpipe Rd.
Carlsbad NM 88220
Hopefully more of us here will be able to come through for these students.........