You can now watch the eight WED Talks (Wood Education Talks) that took place at the 2019 AWFS®Fair on YouTube. Find information on each presentation, speaker and the video links on this page. Norm Abram speaks at the 2019 AWFS Fair WED Talks The 2019 AWFS®Fair WED Talks featured wood industry professionals and focused on […]
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On Feb. 25, 2020, CueCareer and AWFS hosted a “Career in the Classroom” virtual event, featuring two industry professionals. The 30 minute event was broadcast to three schools in different parts of the U.S. Seth Nardo, general manager at Reborn Cabinets (Anaheim, CA) and Hannah Khalaf at Dixon Enterprises/SurfPrep Sanding (Lake Elsinore, CA) contributed time […]
Are you an entrepreneur or do you know of any entrepreneurs? Have you heard of NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship)? This is an organization that provides valuable leadership skills for students, particularly focusing on urban youth. They need volunteers (entrepreneurs/small business owners ideally) to serve as mentors judges for their student events. This is not […]
February 27, 2020 — Young professionals shared their experience working in the woodworking and finishing industry and answered questions via livestream from students in their cabinetmaking I/II classes with wood manufacturing instructor Molly Turner at Ignacio High School in Ignacio, Colorado. A similar scenario played out inRolla, Missouri; Braidwood, Illinois; and Alhambra, California, where schools […]
In December 2019 at the ACTE conference, AWFS talked with multiple representatives from different Department of Correction (DOC) facilities throughout California. Did you know that most facilities have woodworking shops, and the incarcerated individuals are interested in woodworking jobs when they are released? Would you please consider guest speaking at a CA DOC facility? It […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2019 CONTACT: Adria Salvatore, AWFS (323) 215-0311 AWFS® Supports Career Counseling Legislation “Counseling for Career Choice Act” Benefits States, Counselors, and Students Anaheim, CA – November 15, 2019 – The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers® (AWFS®) is in support of the “Counseling for Career Choice Act”, introduced by Congressmen […]
MFG Day is Friday, October 4, 2019 MFG Day (“Manufacturing Day”) is a nation-wide campaign to strengthen student awareness of manufacturing career opportunities. This is your chance to open your doors, welcome students, and make a positive impact on career awareness (and your future employee pipeline)! Did you know… …89% of students who attended MFG Day events are “more aware […]
Exciting news! A registered “woodwork manufacturing specialist” apprenticeship should be available in about a year! This is a hot topic and something our industry has needed for quite some time. It will help wood manufacturers (especially small and medium-sized) be able to offer an apprenticeship in their factories. According to Mark Smith, a member of […]
Society of Wood Manufacturing (SWM) Southern California Chapter members and volunteers helped AWFS®Fair attendees make an item out of wood at the Make and Take booth. Attendees could choose to make a tea light candle holder, a cell phone holder, or customize a work apron. There was a raffle for a table top drill press, […]
