Nicole's Walk for Make a WISH & the Vermont Timber Works Crew

Rick's 7th annual Nicole's Walk for Make A Wish was another success. Not only was the weather beautiful, Rick's donations crossed over the $100,000 mark overall. Rick is shown above making a speech in which he explains the meaning of Make A Wish to him and why he does it every year. Very emotional!

Vermont Timber Works made a good showing and we have some pictures to prove it.

Above is Kellin & Megan. Kellin is on our timber frame crew and hand crafts timbers, raises timber frames and can layout for fabrication.

Sandy (that's me) and Buddy on the way back. I'm 1/3 of our timber frame sales team. Vermont Timber Works custom designs and engineers timber frames for residential & commercial projects. Usually the first call to or from us will be from Sandy, Sue or Travis.

Denise and her husband Terry joined the walk for the first time. Denise joined Vermont Timber Works earlier this year and is our Finance Director.

Mike and his wife Meredith. Mike is a subcontractor for Vermont Timber Works and he is very versatile. Layout, hand crafting timbers, timber frame raisings, you name it, Mike can do it.

Not pictured above but at the walk were Todd (hiding behind Paige in the only picture I could find), MJ and his daughter, Pete and his preggo wife Heather, Travis and Nicole, Dan & Doug. See you next year...MAYBE!

Update! More Pics from our Lake Taghkanic Bath House.

This heavy timber trellis and bath house timber frame is located at the Lake Taghkanic State Park in Ancram, NY. Douglas fir timbers and columns with glue laminated arches, very pretty next to the lake, don't you agree?


Thank you Doug for these wonderful pictures.

The Men of Vermont Timber Works...

Yes, just the men...maybe we should put out a Vermont Timber Works Calender? Do we have enough guys for 12 months? JK guys, not to worry.

The craftsman at Vermont Timber Works take pride in their work, and it shows. We custom design, engineer and hand craft each timber frame project.

Let's start at the top...Dan is our president and he runs the shop, does layout, fabrication, material orders and more. He is a hard one to get a photo of, but here is one at the Olana Wagon House raising. Dan is on the left and Rick is on the right.

Speaking of Rick, he is our Director of Operations and handles our estimating and covers in the shop as needed. Rick can handle any job out there including turned timber columns and peeled poles. Below is Rick and Pete discussing the Mazur Project. (It was COLD in the shop & office that day).

Peter is one of our Vice Presidents as well as our Professional Engineer. We keep him very busy as he is involved in pretty much every aspect of the timber framing process. Pete even goes on raisings.

Doug is our co-owner and original VP. Doug handles more of the design and office aspects such as approving estimates, setting complexities for bids, reviewing designs, redesigning as needed, shop drawings, preliminary engineering and our awesome web page. I'm working on getting a candid of Doug, so for now....above is his mini and below is Kramer.

Doug as well as Dan are usually on hand for the raisings. AND, I found a great picture of Doug. Here at our Southern Vermont Welcome Center timber frame raising. Don't look down!

Travis hangs in the front office with Sue and me, he is the newest member of our sales team. With a background in building trades and sales, he is a welcome addition.

Vermont Timber Works shop crew consists of Mikey, shown below raising the Sands Barn in Dublin, NH. Weathered hemlock timbers and traditional joinery.

James, shown here working on the Davis timber frame. All reclaimed and hand hewn white oak. Tough to work with! (The timber, not James).

Kellin also worked on the Davis Project also, but here he is working on Artzt. Kellin and MJ carefully cut the timber arches.

Both tried to jump out of this picture, but stayed in it just for you. Thanks guys, arches looks great.

MJ has worked with us for about 6 months and fits right in! Todd and Jason round out our shop crew.
Jason did pretty much all of the cutting on the Mazur timber frame project. (And it's up)! All rough sawn hemlock and traditional joinery. Todd is another one that is hard to get a picture of...but I did get a one of him and MJ during the Davis Assembly. (Dan is hiding behind MJ).

Nicole's Walk for Make A Wish 5/18/08

Nicole's Walk for Make A Wish is a yearly event for the crew at Vermont Timber Works. Richard Labrecque, our chief estimator, organizes this walk in memory of his daughter, Nicole. This will be the 7th year that Rick and his wife Robin have coordinated Nicole's Walk. The goal this year is to reach $100,000 overall. Come on, let's grant some wishes!

This year's walk will begin at the east end of the Robert S. Jones Industrial Center parking Lot. Registration will begin at 8:30am. The Springfield Walking and Bike Path (ToonervilleTrail) will again be used for the event. The walk, from start to finish, will be 6.2 miles and you will be able to walk, bike or roller blade as much or as little as you like. Start time will be 9:30am. Vermont Timber Works crew and family are usually on hand for this event, so look for us! Sue, Sandy, Travis, PJZ, Denise, Megan, Doug, Dan, Mikey, Kellin, James, Jason, Toddy, MJ, and Tom. See you there.

The Make A Wish Foundation is a wonderful organization, please try to be there, or if you can't be...just send MONEY!

Donations may be sent to:

Nicole's Walk for Make A Wish
c/o Connecticut River Bank
270 River Street
Springfield, VT 05156

Vermont Timber Works in VIRGINIA, Let's Raise Your Timber Frame Series.

Vermont Timber Works travels across the country and beyond to raise their timber frames. This past week and into this week the guys have been in Bentonville, VA. The Shenandoah State Park Visitor's Center is getting a new timber frame pavilion and deck area.

Vermont Timber Works coordinated with Caldwell & Santmyer, Inc. and Spectrum Design on this commercial timber frame project. Stay tuned for pictures from the job site!

Looking GOOD! And, we thank Doug for the jobsite photos of this commercial timber frame project. Native hemlock timbers, rough sawn with 2 coats of Tim-Bor (as per spec).

Love that blue sky, the Shenandoah State Park, Bentonville, VA. Great job Vermont Timber Works.

Traditional Timber Frame Joinery by Vermont Timber Works

Traditional Joinery ALL THE WAY! Well, when it's right for the project and it's what the client wants.

Steel Joinery is always available!

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