Tacoma Tool Library Blog
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Gary first discovered the Tacoma Tool Library online while researching local community groups. Drawn to the idea of weekly Fix-it Nights, he decided to visit the Tacoma Public Library and see what it was all about. As a self-described, “lifelong, incurable, fixer”, he immediately felt a connection to the community and began volunteering to assist […]
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Deb Derylak (she/her/hers) has been volunteering on a monthly basis with Tacoma Tool Library since September 2022 for over 80 hours! She volunteers as a Tool Librarian and a Tool Cataloger, helping members with tool loans and returns (“answering questions as best I can – I’m always learning something new from the Tool Fixer volunteers and staff!”) and helping to keep the tool inventory organized and easily […]
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.