For the fourth year in a row, Mr. Oliver’s Advanced Woods Class at Crookston High School has some students working on projects to donate to the United Way for their Holiday Auction, which will be held December 1 through December 7. Brandon Colborn and Tim Brule, both seniors at Crookston High School, used their talents to fashion a couple of beautiful wood pieces for the auction.
“We both decided to take on this project to give back to our community,” said Colborn. Brule said, “We decided to make cutting boards because they are pretty popular, and we thought it would be a good project to work on.”
While Brule’s project is a beautiful black walnut cutting board, Colborn explained that his project is a solid maple charcuterie board. “Mr. Oliver listed the pros of what it means to do a project for our community and said that this project could stay on the internet for a while and help us get jobs in the future.” Colborn also wanted to mention another teacher who helped him with his charcuterie board. “I laser engraved my project, and Ms. Boll helped me do that.”
Colborn and Brule’s teacher, Mr. Oliver, takes great pride in getting his students involved in community events like the United Way Holiday Auction. “This is the fourth year in a row we have made a charcuterie board, or cutting board or another type of project for the Holiday Auction for the United Way,” says Oliver. “This type of project has been pretty popular. The United Way, one of the board members usually reaches out every year, so we try to make something for them.”
