Put Your Extra Tools to Work for Atlanta

Take a look in your garage, in your toolbox, or on your workbench. The extra tools you've amassed over the years are itching to be used - why not put them to use in the community?

Sound interesting? It is! I found out today about another "green" event in Atlanta that involves recycling tools. This Thursday - Sunday, March 29 - April 1, you can donate your old (or new) tools to the Atlanta Communisty Toolbank through their 2007 Toolbank Tooldrive.

I've Never Heard of the Atlanta Community Toolbank...

Had no idea such an organization existed but it does! According to the Web site:

More than 54,000 Atlanta volunteers borrowed tools from the Atlanta Community ToolBank last year to perform more than 700 service projects of every kind. Those volunteers used ToolBank equipment to beautify public parks, repair homes for senior homeowners, plant community gardens, build picnic benches for public schools, and perform neighborhood cleanup days, to name a few.

The ToolBank provides critical equipment so that volunteers and nonprofit organizations can focus on performing the task, knowing that the ToolBank has the tools they need.

Donation Locations

Donate your tools at any of the following locations from March 29 - April 1, 10am - 4pm:

NW Atlanta:
West PacesSmith ACE Hardware
1421 W. Paces Ferry Rd.

NE Atlanta:
Intown ACE Hardware
1404 Scott Blvd.

SE Atlanta:
Decatur SmithACE Hardware
601 E. College Ave.

SW Atlanta:
West EndACE Hardware
962 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd.