Neighbors lending and borrowing tools. With library shift volunteers Kelsi, Cristina, and Joey (left to right)
Since 2012 neighbors of Lents and 6 adjacent neighborhoods have connected at the tool library over shared values, collective resilience and togetherness. The library’s grassroots origins and its engaged community of members like you have ensured a no-cost tool borrowing for everyone in the service area, and even beyond.
In 2021 our membership has reached an unprecedented 2,000+ members, accomplishing 1,500+ home projects in that year alone, and adapting services to include a kitchen section, revamped seed library, free air pollution protection and gardening aid for all!
In 2021 our membership has reached an unprecedented 2,000+ members, accomplishing 1,500+ home projects in that year alone, and adapting services to include a kitchen section, revamped seed library, free air pollution protection and gardening aid for all!
Green Lents staff Kristin, Angelica and Dasha in front of the library’s bay door (left to right)
But the pandemic also hit our volunteer capacity and leadership hard, and in order to keep the library open in 2021, Green Lents’ staff had to cover more traditionally volunteer-led shifts than ever before.
With your support in the 2022 voluntary membership drive we will give the power back to our diverse community of volunteers and members to continue stewarding and developing our truly unique and valuable grassroots asset for years to come.
We are halfway through to raising $5,000 to:
If your life has been enriched by our Tool Library and its community, would you help us today to strengthen our volunteer stewardship, and ensure the library’s no cost borrowing model continues into the future?
With your support in the 2022 voluntary membership drive we will give the power back to our diverse community of volunteers and members to continue stewarding and developing our truly unique and valuable grassroots asset for years to come.
We are halfway through to raising $5,000 to:
- Strengthen our volunteer base through: 1. Tool Librarian leadership training and support. 2. Developing a community gathering space for members, volunteers and groups to more meaningfully connect and support each other.
- Connect a greater diversity of neighbors to the library’s resources through: 1. Regular Spanish-language shifts, library tours, outreach and volunteer training. 2. Translation of outreach materials in Cantonese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese. 3. Expanding outreach beyond channels for technically savvy audiences.
If your life has been enriched by our Tool Library and its community, would you help us today to strengthen our volunteer stewardship, and ensure the library’s no cost borrowing model continues into the future?
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Your Guide to the Tool Library 2022 Sustainer* Options:
In choosing the best option, consider factors, such as your family size and income, ability to buy discretionary items like entertainment and travel, owning or renting a home, and other factors helping or affecting your financial health:
**By selecting an amount higher than $20 per year you are standing by neighbors who cannot afford to contribute.
In choosing the best option, consider factors, such as your family size and income, ability to buy discretionary items like entertainment and travel, owning or renting a home, and other factors helping or affecting your financial health:
- The Tool Library Hero - $20 per year (or $2 per month)
- **The Big Hearted Neighbor - $40 per year (or $4 per month)
- **The Cornerstone Supporter - $8.75 per month (totaling to $105 per year)!
**By selecting an amount higher than $20 per year you are standing by neighbors who cannot afford to contribute.
Community members picking out plant starts during the Garden Swap event in May 2021.
Our Tool Library has never been just a free resource -- it has been a resource hub, a place to form a community, build relationships with neighbors, learn and share new skills, and help our homes and diverse neighborhoods thrive.
Please donate to become the power behind the Tool Library’s necessary work in outer SE Portland, and help us plan and budget now for early 2022!
