Pens for Troops | MidSouth Woodturners

PENS FOR TROOPS:

The program was born a decade ago and many people across the nation make writing pens for our troops seeing action overseas. Our chapter produces close to 300 pens a year for donation to the program and we feature this project during several of our public events like a local arts weekend and our demo at the Delta Fair to draw attention to our craft and the story/program behind our making of these pens. We have met several military members who received one of these pens and their appreciation is what keeps us making more pens.

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Front Insert Labels.pdf

Reminder - click on the photos to enlarge and download.

Pen Label Large 8-up.pdf

Pens for Troops - Art in the Loop
April 10 - 12, 2026

Participants included Event Coordinators Bob Wolfe and Sam Dawson, and MSWG members Revo Reeves, Larry Sefton, JD Lord, Roland Lee, Everett Smith, David Jones, Ken Burnette, Rick Gillespie, Joseph Voda, and special guest Ray Tanner, a longtime member of MSWG and author of Shop Talks published in MSWG's Turners Talk. (If we missed anyone, please send an email to webmaster@mswg.club and we'll update this list).

Pens for Troops
Art in the Loop
April 12 - 14, 2024

Members that participated were Ken Burnett, Sam Dawson, Mark Manning, Larry Sefton, Everett Smith, Doug Woodard, Doc Shaw. Bob Wolfe, Rick Gillespie, Joseph Voda, and Roland Lee.