ToolBank tools. Your volunteers. Our community. Noah Smock – Executive Director

Tool Stewardship Resource sharing More with less Community conduit Knowledge sharing

What if?

So what? If 100 community organizations had savings like this, they could buy… 23,495 bundles of roof shingles 24,127 gallons of interior paint 28 playgrounds ~63 football fields of mulch 1,165,363 tulip bulbs 116,691 petunias 7,000 maple trees 35,863 gallon-sized black eyed pea plants As of March 2016, the Baltimore Community ToolBank has 451 member organizations who save capital and resources using our tools.

How? The Baltimore Community ToolBank maximizes impact for local non-profits by stewarding an impressive inventory of tools for pennies on the dollar. Qualifying organizations can borrow tools for 3% of retail value.

Over 175 Types Of Tools Safety Cones Loppers Work Gloves Rakes Circular Saws Cordless Drills Ladders Paint Trays & Roller Cages Wheelbarrows Paint Scrapers Hammers Brooms Measuring Tapes Folding Tables Water Coolers Buckets Safety Gear Extension Cords Pitchforks Shovels Screwdrivers Saws Mallets Generators Hand Trucks Bolt Cutters Levels Sanders Pliers

Where We Live – Before Baltimore ToolBank 2009

Baltimore Community ToolBank Today Carroll-Camden/ Pigtown Neighborhood Mixed industrial reality

Citizens of Our Space Baltimore Community ToolBank Rain Garden #1

Opportunities Volunteer – groups & individual Small staff model implies volunteers Engaged 613 unique volunteers in 2015, more projected in 2016 & beyond Environmental, tool repair & organization, special events Attend special events Hammers & Ales, Green Drinks, Volunteer Appreciation, tailgating for O’s & Ravens Work hard, play hard Tool lending program Available to non-profits, churches, schools, government agencies, community association—any group organized around service in the community

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