b'Woodland Mills helps people turn treesNeil and Josh in the showroom at Scugog Line 6into lumber, and helps to fight cancer!HatsofftoJayEnnisandJoshwethoughtitwouldbeagreatlocalbeenfriendssincekindergarten.Neil Malcolm of Woodland Mills in Port Perryevent to support as well, commentedBramley and Josh Malcolm both grew for participating in the Laps 4 LakeridgeJay. He is in charge of brand strategy. up in Nestleton and attended school in Health event on Saturday January 28.Sinceitsestablishmentin2009,Blackstock. The fundraising goal of $40,000 was ex- Woodland Mills has grown to employBoth pursued post-secondary educa-ceeded. A whopping total of $49,372 was40people,rangingfromengineerstotioninmechanicalengineering.Josh raised to support the Lakeridge Healthprogrammers. attended Western University before go-Foundation/Cancer Care. Woodland Mills was the brainchild ofing into the family business. He owned Jay put in eight hours on his fat biketwo born and bred local guys who havefireplace stores. Neil pursued a career at the Royal Ashburn Golfin the automobile industry as a Club on this wintery day.designer after graduating from Josh was a VIP rider. ThereDurham College.were11participantsandTheirnewbusinessstarted 262 donations. Port Perrysout small. own Woodland Mills wasWe got into this because we one of the sponsors. wanted to produce the type of Biking in the snow feltproducts that we wanted to use great,commentedJosh,ourselves, Josh explained.whoparticipatedfortheThetwosomedesigneda first time this year. He didportable sawmill, had it manu-a one-hour ride. factured,andsold12unitson SincethepartnersofKijiji.Asbusinessgrew,they DKICRCS,arestora- gave up their day jobs. tionservicescompanyNowtheysellavarietyof inOshawafoundedthisoutdoorproductsforacreage eventyearsago,Jayhasownersworldwide,andhave been supporting it. over 34,000 Facebook followers Now that I am part ofand20,000membersintheir the Woodland Mills team,Facebook community.Jay and Josh participating in event earlier this year.Please turn to page 50FOCUS - APRIL 202349'