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2025 Shop Tips Contest Voting Is Closed!

Voting for the best shop tips of 2025 is now closed, come to the January 6th General Meeting to hear the results! 

Welcome - Home Of The Fox Valley Woodworkers
Our club provides a forum through which members can express, share and promote a common interest in woodworking.
Regardless of your area of interest or skill level. novice to expert, you are sure to enjoy what FVWWC has to offer.
Guests are invited to stop by one of our General Meetings and see what we are all about!
Hope to see YOU there soon!!!

Fox Valley Woodworkers Club, Inc.
Meetings: First Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30)
Bethany Lutheran Church
8 S. Lincoln
Batavia, Illinois

Google Maps To Bethany Church

Membership Dues:

Dues are only $40.00 per year - per individual, couple or family per household. This includes a club badge, the monthly newsletter, monthly meetings with guest speakers, free book, tool, video and magazine rentals, membership booklet, discounts at participating suppliers, participation in our Christmas Charity Drive and a chance to meet interesting people who share your enthusiasm for Woodworking.

You can Signup or Renew your membership online or by filling out the form below and bringing it to the next club meeting.  To renew online make sure you are logged in and hover over your name on the top right of this page and go to profile.

 Membership Form 2026


Meeting Presentation

More meeting information in the January Newsletter
 
We are excited to welcome two presenters this month:

Trinity Pierce, Certified Arborist

Trinity Pierce, Senior Stewardship Manager at The Morton Arboretum, will join us to discuss the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI). As a Certified Arborist who serves on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, Trinity brings expert insight into the largest urban forestry partnership in the country. She will detail how the CRTI works to improve the health, diversity, and equitable distribution of our tree canopy through the 2050 Master Plan for Trees, using data-driven community action to benefit neighborhoods throughout Illinois.


Rob Showalter, Technology Education Woodworking Teacher

Rob Showalter of Geneva High School will present "Not Your Father’s Woodworking Class," sharing how he transformed a traditional "shop" elective into a modern program encouraging students to design and build their own custom furniture. By modernizing the technology used in the Technology Education department, replacing outdated projects, and introducing CNC machining and entrepreneurial skills, Rob’s streamlined approach equips students with professional-grade expertise for a future in engineering and design while carrying on the craft of woodworking.
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