J. Chance

I want to say thank you so much for allowing me to attend this year’s wood turning event with Tony Kopchinski. I had a wonderful time, learned so much and made friendships that will last a lifetime. I love the therapeutic value that turning offers. It has saved me from some dark places over the past year. I have gotten very into turning and am working on starting up some woodturning for vet programs back home. At the event I had the opportunity to room with a vet by the name of Mike Engel, it is very apparent that he is still struggling with his own hardships. I loved being able to talk with him and help start him on his journey into woodturning. You could tell shortly after mike started turning how much it actually helps, through all the pain and everything he suffers from he loved being there and didn’t want to quit. I want to inform you how absolutely amazing of a group and person that Tony is and has with him, not to mention Larry Roszell. They saw how much turning was helping mike and amongst the group chipped in and raised up enough money to buy mike a lathe and set of tools so that he could continue turning at home!
Thank you,