At a regional Men’s Shed gathering two months ago I participated in a power tool raffle, winning the last prize of the day, a mains-powered submersible pump. Not having any use for it either at home or in our Shed, I donated it to a Rotary tool-collecting program that’s constructing & equipping community tool sheds for bushfire-affected areas. It was gratefully recieved, along with some other surplus power tools which were only taking up space, having been replaced with battery-powered items.
Today, just ten minutes up the road, there was another gathering of the same group. Same process, power tool raffle. I won another item, a choice between a chainsaw sharpener or a hammer drill. I decided the bushfire community shed program could use a chainsaw sharpener, so that was my choice.
There had been several speakers on the day, the last one was the co-ordinator of the Rotary project. I asked a question: “Could you use a chainsaw sharpener? I just happen to have one here.”
Again gratefully received, plus it gets the name of our little group out into the wider community of Men’s Sheds.