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The past couple years, I've tried to model our requests for support after National Public Radio's semi-annual fund drives, in the spring and fall. It's a minor nuisance for a week or two, and then it's over and the mission is funded for another six months. WoodCentral would not be as vital as it is without the considerable efforts of our staff of volunteers who bring you Shop Shots, Sightings, Articles & Reviews, Book Reviews, Links and other favorite WoodCentral features and who moderate our messageboards so ably and patiently. I can't thank them enough for donating their skills and time to help provide this valuable resource for woodworkers. Now we need *you*, our visitors, to consider supporting WoodCentral in some way. Our advertisers help us to defray many of our fixed costs, but we also need support from the many thousands of folks who find this site useful, entertaining or downright indispensible. We had an average of almost four *million* page views per month during the busy season last winter, so I know there are a lot or you out there. If you haven't contributed in the past, I would be very pleased to add your name to our "Wall of Fame". If you are already a Wall-of-Famer, I hope you will continue to support WoodCentral in some way. (If you have contributed in the past but your name has not appeared on the Wall of Fame, please let me know that, too. Our clerical department is sometimes a bit challenged. :-) Premiums for your contributions. Donations of $50 or more will receive the latest copy of our messsage archives, "WoodCentral: The First Five Years." At the $100 level, donors are eligible for a WoodCentral hat or T-shirt as well. And everyone who contributes will get my everlasting esteem and a commitment to keep this site growing and evolving in coming years.
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Other ways you can support WoodCentral…  Tell your friends about Woodfinder. Our partner site, Woodfinder, is the easiest way to find sources for wood, wood products and sawmill services. Woodfinder's 400+ suppliers want your business, whether you're looking for one board foot or a truckload. Find veneers, turning blanks, musical instrument woods, salvaged woods, moldings, logs, locally sawn woods and MORE. By patronizing Woodfinder suppliers, you are helping to support our entire online effort. Don't forget to tell them that Woodfinder sent you.
That's the long and short of it, folks. The bottom line is that we're all in this together. You can help WoodCentral continue to provide this unusual resource for information-thirsty woodworkers. All donations are gratefully accepted! And, please, don't hesitate to send me constructive feedback on WoodCentral. Tell me what you like and don't like about the site and suggest anything you'd like me to consider adding to our eclectic mix. As I've said from day one, "This site is BY and FOR you!"
. . . Ellis Walentine, Host
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