Last weekend, I came here for the Hammers and Ales fundraising dinner with a friend (tickets won from a Yelp event raffle) and was surprised to learn about such an organization that offered this kind of service to the community. Apparently, Toolbank started out in Georgia at a local resident's house that lended out tools to people who needed them. Eventually, others found out about this resource, and it became community known. Home Depot and another company that is headquartered in Georgia offered to partner with this tool bank, and I suppose that was how the organization became at large and continuing to grow.
In Baltimore, they lend tools and equipment to other places like the National Aquarium so you can see that they provide as a vital resource to the community. I think it's great that we have some thing like this in the area! Their Hammers and Ales was a great event and there were many valuable items being sold for the auctions, including a Cal Ripken signed baseball bat, Ravens football game tickets, and baskets full of hardware tools. read more