September 16, 2012

A Chain of Nonprofits Lends Volunteers the Tools They Need to Lend a Hand

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United Way of Central Carolinas

ToolBank USA enables charities to put more volunteers to work at once, such as this crew from Wells Fargo laboring at the Men’s Shelter of Charlotte, in North Carolina.

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United Way of Central Carolinas

ToolBank USA enables charities to put more volunteers to work at once, such as this crew from Wells Fargo laboring at the Men’s Shelter of Charlotte, in North Carolina.

By Michelle Gienow

For the past 20 years, the Atlanta Community ToolBank has regularly provided equipment for massive service projects for local charities. Whether power tools or pliers, wheelbarrows or wire snips, the ToolBank rents equipment to any charity, church, school, or other group with a project in mind and volunteer labor lined up to swing the hammers.

The tools come in handy during volunteerism events, such as those held by companies like Delta and Coca-Cola, that involve a thousand or more