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Tool Time
Atlanta Too IBank marks 25 th anniversary
with new volunteer training program
Youth volunteers help sort tools in the warehouse.
Courtesy Atlanta ToolBank
By Grace Huseth
If you’ve ever volunteered on a
construction site or building project for a
nonprofit, chances are the myriad of tools
in use came from the Atlanta Community
ToolBank.
The ToolBank, which is marking its
25th anniversary this year, has worked with
hundreds of nonprofits in metro Atlanta,
allocating their inventory of tools for lending
to charitable organizations.
“We are a nonprofit for nonprofits, a
resource that nonprofits can actually utilize
in an efficient and affordable manner,” said
ToolBank’s Executive Director Patty Russart.
Borrowing tools can range from a Girl
Scout troop needing hammers to make
birdhouses to more labor-intensive projects
like roof repairs for low-income seniors by
HouseProud Atlanta.
More than 230 Atlanta
nonprofits borrow tools
annually, including
Park Pride, Trees
Atlanta, Hands On
Atlanta, Team Buzz and
Buckhead Church.
By the numbers, the
Atlanta Community
ToolBank, located in
Chosewood Park, has
237 different types of
tools and over 45,000
individual pieces, and
more than $1.6 million
worth of tools in the
warehouse.
Operations manager CJ Clark said she
has been slinging tools for 11 years, but now
manages warehouse operations in addition
to the ToolBank’s new addition, the Tool
Training Center.
“We have always talked about training
on tools, specifically training volunteers in
advance so that when nonprofits are looking
for skilled volunteers they can be trained and
confident,” Clark said.
The Tool Training Center is an open,
2,500-square-foot space designed to teach
community groups safe and proper tool use
to people of all ages. The workshop’s large,
glass garage doors overlook the Atlanta
skyline while a number of tables await new
apprentices with place settings of gloves, safety
glasses and hammers.
The first pilot training center session
was held last summer when Home Depot
volunteers worked with youth from Chris
Kids to build tables for the Furniture Bank
of Metro Atlanta. Since this year’s launch,
the center has seen an influx of trainees.
Cox Automotive sent in volunteers for
Tool Training and learned how to use tools
by building tool boxes, while nonprofit
W-Underdogs built dog houses for pets in
need. The Mission Continues utilized the
Training Center to complete an outdoor
activity center at Perkerson Elementary.
“Up to 95 percent of schools no longer
have shop classes, leaving kids without the
exposure to tools at all. It’s fascinating to them
what you can do with your hands,” Clark said.
The Tool Training Center was busy
this summer with the Summer Camp Tool
Training Program sponsored by Kilpatrick
Townsend & Stockton, LLP The City of
Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation’s
Centers of Hope partnered with the ToolBank
to introduce tool usage, teach volunteerism to
students and introduce them to trades with
tools during a seven-week summer camp
series.
“Launching the Training Center and
seeing our dreams realized in our 25th year
was one of the most joyous things in my
career,” Russart said.
For more information, visit adanta.
toolbank.org. [El
Volunteers get hands-on knowledge at the Tool Training Center.
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