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A Cutting Board Restock, and a Raffle for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Readers of Peer Reviewed may know that my other hobby is woodworking and that I periodically list items for sale on this site's hidden store page, AKA MVO Woodworks. And as of this post, cutting boards have been restocked — as usual, I made a fairly small batch (ten in total) with a variety of local and domestic hardwoods. I'm pretty happy with how this batch turned out, and if you find one of them appealing I would recommend buying it quickly before they are gone. I also still have some wooden keycap pullers (some of which are eligible for custom laser engraving), as well as a single set of coasters.

In addition, Relay FM is still raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for the rest of September! Their Podcastathon stream was a wild success, and they crushed their goal by raising over $500,000 for the life-saving mission of St. Jude. To help support their fundraiser, I'm raffling off a cutting board to a random person who donates at least $10 to St. Jude after this post goes live. The cutting board in question is a lovely black walnut board with maple accent, and is 16" x 9" x 1" in size with finger holds on either end. As always, my cutting boards are finished with food-grade mineral oil and bee's wax (Howard's Butcher Block Conditioner, to be specific), and are designed to last many years. Here are some photos of the cutting board up for grabs to one lucky donor:

A photo of a walnut cutting board with two maple accent strips, taken from a 45° angle off the side.
There’s nothing quite like figured black walnut.
A photo of a walnut cutting board with two strips of maple, photographed from the side.
Another glamour shot.

To enter the raffle for this cutting board, follow these simple steps:

  1. Make a $10 donation (or more!) to Relay's St. Jude fundraiser
  2. Email your receipt (with a donation dated on or after September 20th at 6PM CDT) to matt@peerreviewed.io
  3. Check your email on October 1st to see if you won the cutting board!

Once a winner has been selected, I'll reach out to get your shipping information and have the board off to you as soon as possible, entirely free of charge! It's the least I can do for a cause as worthy as St. Jude. Go donate now!

MetaMatt VanOrmer