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Board member Packy Regan says, “Becoming a Board member for the TTL only requires about 3-5 hours a month and provides a great learning experience for those wanting to serve the community in a different way. If you don’t have Board experience but have skills to offer, let’s talk!” Learn more and apply now.

Starting on Thursday, May 29, Fix-It Nights will include repair of laptops, phones, computers and printers! Bring your own parts for screen repairs. We will have tools but no parts on hand and no soldering capabilities. Anticipated fix time is 30-90 minutes per item. Items we can work on: As always, Fix-It Night will be […]

As of today, we have 896 active members, which is a 21% growth in active members since the beginning of the year. There are 340 of you new members, and that’s 61% more new members than we had in ALL of 2024! Sign up, renew your membership, or learn how it all works on our […]

Our inventory started at tool number 10000, and volunteer cataloger Jenna just cataloged #15000! So over 5000 tools have been through our inventory. Many of them have since broken, disappeared, or otherwise been retired from the catalog, but as of today we have 3,260 active tools. What does a volunteer cataloger do? Glad you asked. […]

As the Director of Media Relations for the University of Puget Sound, Veronica is dedicated to promoting the university and its community involvement. But her dedication extends far beyond her professional role.  After returning to Tacoma from Idaho, Veronica was eager to give back to the city she loves. It was through a LinkedIn connection […]

Tacoma Tool Library is funded by WA State Department of Ecology with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov.

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