2010 Community Service Projects & Volunteer Programs

Demonstrations of Weaving and Spinning

Life On The Farm with nearly 500 3rd Graders - Kearney, NE
Ag Day at Fonner Park for 4th Graders -Grand Island, NE
Alpaca Farm Day - Grand Island, NE
Nebraska State Fair - Grand, Island, NE
Cottonwood Festival - Demonstrations and Exhibits
National Spinning and Weaving Week - 1st week in October
2010 Fantasy of Trees at Stuhr Museum - Grand Island, NE
Hastings Museum 28th Annual Festival of Trees - Hastings, NE
Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival - spinning and weaving - Adel, IA
Kool-Aid Days - spinning and dyeing - Hastings, NE
Ozark Folk Center - Mountain View, AK
Old Trusty Antique & Collectors Show ~Clay Center, NE
Fashion Show - Grand Island, NE
Wilkins Livestock Alpaca Breeders Seminar
Headstart Demonstration - Hastings, NE
Nebraska Sheep and Goat Meeting - Clay Center, NE
4-H Weaving Classes in Nuckolls, Adams, and Hamilton Counties
Homestead National Monument in Beatrice for Homestead Days
Nebraska Tower on the Plains
Stuhr Museum Demonstrations - Grand Island, NE

Teaching

Crackle Complex Weave at Brown Sheep Fiber Festival - Mitchell, NE
Spinning at Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival - Adel, IA
Spinning at the Great Plains Art Association Craft Camp at Camp COMECA - Cozad, NE

Exhibits

2010 HGA Convergence in Albuquerque, NM
Exhibotors at Burkholder Gallery Project during the Textile Society of America Symposium ~ Lincoln

Community Service/Charity Projects

"Warm Up America"
"Crossroads of Hastings"
Willa Cather Display Case ~Red Cloud

Scholarship

Elizabeth Benson Memorial Scholarship

New and Noteworthy in 2010

--PFWS Guild volunteered more than 265 hours at the Nebraska State Fair in its new location - Grand Island, NE
--3 members attend 2010 HGA Convergence in Albuquerque, NM
--Jane Marie had 2 vessels on display at Convergence.
--Caitlin Aubushon had a felted coat chosen for the Celebration of YOuth at the Robert Hillestad Gallery.

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