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Topic: Men's Shed Meeting to relieve ISOLATION !
Time: Jun 11, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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We held our first COVID meeting outdoors in Elizabeth Park. 11 guys attended, we had a great time. Will notify everyone for the next round of meetings
OUR Club got into the Christmas spirit this month. Led by Dave Lers we got to build wooden toys via a digital router for carving and lots of handwork to finish. We produced 50 which we then presented to Toys-For-Tots, a U.S. Marine sponsored charity for donations to needy children,
We had an excellent visit with Gary Graham, owner of Shuttle Systems. We learn how he was hired as part of a Boeing group by the US Air Force for a classified space program. They began developing a method for maintaining a well-functioning cardiovascular system in a zero-gravity environment. When the project was unexpectedly scrapped Graham continued his work on what would eventually become the first Shuttle platform: the Shuttle CMC2000.
The Growth Sphere is leaving downtown Bellingham until next summer. The Growth Sphere was a wonderful example of urban agriculture serving to shine the light on our abilities to grow our food inside cities. We will be removing the Sphere and all its plants on Saturday Oct 12.
It will be stored for the winter and put up again next Spring.
Bob Dyer owner of Pacific Injection Molding hosted the Men's Shed for a tour and demonstration of modern automation and 3D printing. We were amazed at how even a small shop is being run completely by automation.
We delivered the Benches to the Bellingham Farmers Market and took our publicity Photo on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019
From left to right; (seated) George, Richard, Dave, (standing) Tom. Marshall, Bob, & Bob, (Seated) John, Tim & Jack.
We then set up a table to recruit new members. In a few hours, we had 11 new interested men young and old to sign-up. Coupled with a Craig's List marketing effort by Ron, we now have 13 new prospective members.
A Place to Sit and Relax
Fantastic Project completed August 15. At the request of the Bellingham Farmers' Market (a nonprofit), we built 11 benches that they can use outdoors on their market days. The old ones were stolen! They paid for materials and we supplied the brains and brawn.
Growth Sphere - MSOB partnered with the MakerSpace to produce an outdoor living exhibit of sustainable foods grown in an urban environment. The spherical structure was cut via CNC Laser and assembled on-site in downtown Bellingham. Approximately 11 feet in Diameter, It will stay active with growing plants until the end of September.
A great Outcome to our Blue Mason Bee Project!
This morning we delivered over 220 Bee Houses to Whatcom Middle School. Doug Banner, Gary Lazarus, and I, presented the finished Bee Houses to the students in the “Common Threads” program. The program is about encouraging students to learn about where and how their food is produced and what constitutes proper and healthy eating.
Thanks to our Men’s Shed team: led by Doug Banner, Rick Terny supplied all the wood needed and sawed it into blocks. Then, Jack Herring, Tim Buckley, George Bertschler, and Jerry Bedlington volunteered to drill holes and shape the wood into Bee Houses.
This is a great community project with large environmental impact for our youth who are saving the Bees and pollinating our local fruit trees, flowers, vegetables and other plants.
Men's Shed - A program of the Whatcom Council on Aging.
Our April meeting was a huge success. We had several new attendees and two guys stepped up; George Bertschler, and Tim Buckley, to become full members in the Men’s Shed as well as joining the Senior Activity Center. The highlight of the meeting was a presentation by Doug Banner about Orchard Mason Bees, also known as Blue Orchard Bees. Doug explained the life cycle of the bees and how they are the most prolific pollinators of the bee family. Mason Bees it turns out are up to 40 times more effective than honey bees in pollination. Every yard and vegetable garden in Bellingham and Washington State should have a Bee House for the Blue Mason Bees.
Mason Bees are native to our North-West region. They are not aggressive, in fact, people can handle the bees and bee houses without being stung. This solitary bee is considered a non-stinger. They are fascinating to watch as they work around your garden and plants. Even though the female has a stinger, it is nonlethal for those who may be highly allergic to bee stings.
Doug who has almost 500 Bee Houses on his property has been working with the Whatcom Middle School program to teach young people all about where our table food comes from.
During Doug’s talk, a group at the Men’s Shed decided to pitch in to help the Whatcom Middle School project. Doug is trying to supply all their students, about 250 kids, with a Bee House each. Rick Terny volunteered to provide a stash of wood, some blocks from timbers, and other cuts from saw milled trees. Then, several members; Jack Herring, Tim Buckley, George Bertschler, and Jerry Bedlington volunteered to drill holes and shape the wood into Bee Houses. Jerry also offered to have a few guys do some of work at his home.
Doug was thrilled to have a Men’s Shed project team assist with building the 250 house he will need for all the Whatcom Middle School children. The team will start work next week at the OK of Rick and Doug.
Doug will coordinate, he can be reached at:
email: [email protected]
P.S. A big thank you goes to member, Ron Levin who brought this idea to our attention.
