Nick Offerman opens by stating "I make people laugh and I make things out of wood." He discusses why being a Maker is his way of sending a love letter to the world. Tell us why YOU make! Post your videos, stories and blogs with hashtag #WhyIMake and spread the word. www.WhyIMake.org

Nick Offerman is widely known for his breakout role as Ron Swanson in the acclaimed NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, for which he received the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. He is also an amateur boat builder and an avid wood craftsman. Nick makes furniture and other wooden structures such as canoes and boats at his woodshop in Los Angeles.