Jessica Gruenling joined WRTV as a Reporter & Multi Media Journalist in June of 2023.
WESTFIELD — Inside his woodworking shop at his Westfield home is where Roy Adams now finds his peace.
Adams says he wanted to find a way to preserve that honor and those stories. It's where his woodworking skill comes in and more specifically making chairs.Two years ago, Adams created Chairs of Honor, the idea is a chair is made for a specific veteran or organization. Those veterans sit down, record their story and it gets digitally attached to the chair and put on the Chairs of Honor website.
The chairs are being made by Adams and four other chair makers across the country. Right now they have between 12 to 15 chairs done or in the works."We wanted to do something that was a little more than just a plaque or area that you would walk by something," said Dr. Christie Lodics, the Women Veteran Program Manager."We wanted it to universalize women and what they bring to the table," said Lodics."Every time you go near the chair or just sit in it, it feels like love.
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