Community

Recognitions, Women in Turning, and service work beyond the monthly meeting

This page gathers the longer club story: awards, Women in Turning, service work, and memorials. If you want the founding story and chapter background, start with About.

Chicago Woodturners display tables of turned work at a club event
Longer club story Recognitions and service sit on top of the same member energy that shows up in the room

The projects here grow out of members bringing work, teaching one another, and staying involved over time.

At a glance

Three parts of the longer club story

Recognitions

AAW awards, newsletter awards, website awards, and symposium collaborative pieces are gathered here.

Women in Turning

The local WIT story grew from a chapter role into recurring meetups, mentoring, open shop, and wig stand work.

Service projects

These are the projects members keep turning for, donating to, and showing up to support.

Recognitions

AAW awards and other chapter recognitions

Newsletter awards, website awards, symposium collaborative pieces, and other chapter recognition are collected below.

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Women in Turning

Women in Turning is a regular part of club activity

WIT started as a chapter contact role and grew into local events, mentoring, open shop, and wig stand work.

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Service

Service projects the club keeps supporting

These are the projects members keep turning for, donating to, and showing up to support.

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In memoriam

Remembering members in the club's history

The newsletter archive carries much of the club's memorial history. A few of the documented member remembrances are listed here as a starting point.

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Related pages

Other pages that add context