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programs
We lend out tools for everyone to use to maintain their homes and spaces, all while reducing the waste of unnecessary consumption, removing barriers to access of expensive tools, and empowering folks to make the changes they need or want to in their spaces.
Tool Lending
repair cafes
A team of “fixers” from the community provide quarterly repair services for small household items at no charge. Items include lamps, vacuum cleaners, furniture, toys, clothing and heirlooms which might otherwise be discarded.
workshops & Classes
SKTL hosts free classes and workshops, both in-person and online. Topics include home repair, gardening, food preservation, and green cleaning. Each year hundreds have attended these classes, sometimes receiving free giveaways and/or checked out tools for their projects.
recycling events
Drive-thru drop-off recycling of hard to recycle items like Styrofoam, tires, appliances, electronics and on-site confidential document shredding. These events are in partnership with the cities we operate in.
swaps
SKTL holds clothing swaps a couple times a year and has done game swaps too. Most of the donated items went to new homes and the remainder were donated to local second hand stores.
toolip
The Tool Library Incubator Program (TooLIP) is our implementable strategy for facilitation of the success of tool libraries that are starting out or looking to expand. Learn more...
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