On Wednesday, April 12, the Inland Woodworkers manned a booth at the 2023 Jurupa Day of the Child event.
Volunteers Ernie Gonzalez, Michael Miller, and Rick Reimer, were on hand to tell parents about the Inland Woodworkers club and introduce the kids to woodworking.
This event was sponsored by the Parent Involvement Community Outreach (PICO) program for Jurupa Unified School District. It was a resource fair, with 35 booths, including Inland Woodworkers along with county agencies, health providers, behavioral health professionals, and local education facilities, such as Jurupa Adult School and Riverside City College.
The event was organized by Chris Mercado, a case manager for the district.
Today was a minimum-school day (i.e., early dismissal) so that students could attend with their parents. Last year, there were 600 attendees, and due to mild weather, this year’s turnout was expected to be even larger.
Part way through the event, the audience was entertained by the Roubideaux High School Dance Team.
Here we see Ernie showing one of his scroll saw art pieces, while Rick looks on. Ernie brought a cornhole board, which was a big hit with the youngsters. But not so much for Michael, who was tasked with retrieving the bean bags. Efforts are in place to develop an automatic beanbag retrieval system for next year’s event! 🙂
