Minwax® Community Craftsman Award

Each year, Minwax^® honors select individuals and organizations that have demonstrated a dedication to the betterment of their community through exemplary achievements in woodworking. From April through December 31, 2008, individuals and organizations across America may nominate themselves or someone in their community for the Minwax^® Community Craftsman Award, designed to reward outstanding community service through woodworking.

Details For Entry

Qualified participants must engage in an activity that involves, but is not limited to, working with wood. The endeavor must promote the feeling of pride and satisfaction that is part of working with wood, and encourage the goal of community or self-improvement. Recent winners have included a woodworking guild that provided affordable furniture to local community groups, a vocational teacher who taught at-risk students woodworking skills and encouraged community involvement through their woodworking projects, and a woodcarvers' association that supported a local zoo by donating hand-carved penguins to help fund a penguin habitat. Minwax^® encourages all eligible woodworkers and craftspeople to enter the 2008 program.

Awards

Grand prize
$5,000 cash grant
Supply of Minwax products
Consultation from leading wood finishing expert Bruce Johnson

Individual Recognition Award
$2,000 cash grant

Runners-Up
Supply of Minwax products