| Meeting location alternates between the Centre Branch Library and the South Bend Chocolate Cafe. The South Bend Chocolate Cafe is located on Main Street - Downtown South Bend, Indiana - right next door to the College Football Hall of Fame. We meet in the Rockne Room which is near the centre of the cafe. Please do NOT call or write to the café for information about our club! They allow us to meet in their building...but they are not affiliated with us in any other way and they cannot answer your questions. The SB Chocolate Cafe is a relaxing, interesting place to visit and sit-a-spell. Two fireplaces to cozy up with sandwiches, bakery, large selection of coffees and other drinks, and of course, CHOCOLATE. Visit their website: South Bend Chocolate Cafe |
| Council Oak Woodcarvers Club promotes woodcarving as a fine art in the community and provides a forum to learn new woodcarving skills in a relaxed enjoyable atmosphere. Club members share:
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| Membership |
| South Bend Chocolate Cafe |
| Centre Branch - SJCPL |
Membership dues are $12 per year, payable in January. Dues are paid in cash to the
Club Treasurer anytime at the January weekly meetings. Dues are used for paper,
envelopes, stamps, web-site, table fees at group events, and other club expenses.
Membership is informal and casual...you come to meetings when you feel up to it.
Nobody gets mad if you don't attend an event, or if you never volunteer for anything.
We are just happy to have your company when you want to carve with us!
Beginners and all levels of experience welcome. New members must purchase their
own tools and supplies. We can help you choose wisely from the best and most cost
effective sources.
The club has a small but growing library of videos, books and magazines that
members can borrow to take home.
Currently we have 49 members - including 25 male carvers and 4 female carvers who
all show up regularly! There are also about 20 members who do not attend
regularly, but wish to remain on the list.
Club Treasurer anytime at the January weekly meetings. Dues are used for paper,
envelopes, stamps, web-site, table fees at group events, and other club expenses.
Membership is informal and casual...you come to meetings when you feel up to it.
Nobody gets mad if you don't attend an event, or if you never volunteer for anything.
We are just happy to have your company when you want to carve with us!
Beginners and all levels of experience welcome. New members must purchase their
own tools and supplies. We can help you choose wisely from the best and most cost
effective sources.
The club has a small but growing library of videos, books and magazines that
members can borrow to take home.
Currently we have 49 members - including 25 male carvers and 4 female carvers who
all show up regularly! There are also about 20 members who do not attend
regularly, but wish to remain on the list.
| Mission Statement |
Meeting location alternates between the Centre Branch Library
and the South Bend Chocolate Cafe.
The Centre Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library is
located at the corner of Miami Street and Kern Road on the
south side of South Bend, Indiana.
Please do NOT call or write to the library for information about
our club! The library allows us to meet in their building...but
they are not affiliated with us in any other way and they cannot
answer your questions.
(See our Contact Us page for more information .)
Centre Branch is equipped with snack machine, soda pop
machine and coffee machine.
They also have a lovely fireplace set in a bay window
overlooking the flower garden. There is an outdoor patio with a
waterfall/stream and a bridge.
Indoors you will find plenty of natural light from lots of windows,
two meeting rooms, clean bathrooms, a water fountain, a player
piano, a large children's area, wonderfully helpful employees,
and of course computers, videos, magazines and books!
and the South Bend Chocolate Cafe.
The Centre Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library is
located at the corner of Miami Street and Kern Road on the
south side of South Bend, Indiana.
Please do NOT call or write to the library for information about
our club! The library allows us to meet in their building...but
they are not affiliated with us in any other way and they cannot
answer your questions.
(See our Contact Us page for more information .)
Centre Branch is equipped with snack machine, soda pop
machine and coffee machine.
They also have a lovely fireplace set in a bay window
overlooking the flower garden. There is an outdoor patio with a
waterfall/stream and a bridge.
Indoors you will find plenty of natural light from lots of windows,
two meeting rooms, clean bathrooms, a water fountain, a player
piano, a large children's area, wonderfully helpful employees,
and of course computers, videos, magazines and books!
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Most Saturdays we meet at the library and just chat and carve together. Sometimes there
are only a few people there, sometimes 15-25 people will show up.
Simultaneously there might be a carving demonstration, project or class that several
members will be doing together. In the recent past...we have carved Santas and other
projects together, watched carving related videos, and had demonstrations of how to
air-brush our carvings.
We carve at the Potawatomi Zoo and ArtBeat festival every summer, and also at several
small festivals in the surrounding area..
Individual members sometimes donate their time to demonstrate woodcarving techniques.
We keep each other informed of carving shows and classes coming up. Members
sometimes coordinate to ride together in the same car and share expenses.
Occasionally members bring in books, magazines and wood that they no longer need to
share with members.
Our club merges with the Plymouth Good Time Woodcarvers Club every April to present
the Annual Good Time Woodcarving Show.
This summer 2009 - both clubs will sponsor the 1st Indiana Woodcarvers Summer Camp.
Most Saturdays we meet at the library and just chat and carve together. Sometimes there
are only a few people there, sometimes 15-25 people will show up.
Simultaneously there might be a carving demonstration, project or class that several
members will be doing together. In the recent past...we have carved Santas and other
projects together, watched carving related videos, and had demonstrations of how to
air-brush our carvings.
We carve at the Potawatomi Zoo and ArtBeat festival every summer, and also at several
small festivals in the surrounding area..
Individual members sometimes donate their time to demonstrate woodcarving techniques.
We keep each other informed of carving shows and classes coming up. Members
sometimes coordinate to ride together in the same car and share expenses.
Occasionally members bring in books, magazines and wood that they no longer need to
share with members.
Our club merges with the Plymouth Good Time Woodcarvers Club every April to present
the Annual Good Time Woodcarving Show.
This summer 2009 - both clubs will sponsor the 1st Indiana Woodcarvers Summer Camp.
| Council Oak Woodcarvers Club |
About Us...
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Founder (2000) and President - Bob Purkal
Secretary - Carol Cuthbertson
Treasurer - Terry Mersich
Webmaster - Marcia Yrineo
Secretary - Carol Cuthbertson
Treasurer - Terry Mersich
Webmaster - Marcia Yrineo
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