Sustainable West Seattle's Patrick Dunn, Gary Lichtenstein and other volunteers were busy Saturday, May 8, collecting tools both donated and purchased at four area drop-off centers for the West Seattle Tool Library. The library's grand opening is June 12th grand at South Seattle Community College's Garden Center. Workshops will be offered.

"We will have monthly workshops there at the Garden Center, and if someone needs an air compressor once in a year they don't have to buy a new one," said Lichtenstein.

"Our goal is to collect 1000 tools over the year," said Dunn. He said that a couple of weeks ago they collected over 100 tools at the West Seattle Nursery, and believe they collected another 100 during the collection effort May 8.

They ask that people donate more tools for the library Saturday, June 5, during the combination Sustainable West Seattle Festival, Delridge Days, and Healthy Food and Fitness Festival at the at the Delridge Playfield, Delridge Community Center, and the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center – all three adjacent to each other and located on Delridge Way SW between SW Oregon and SW Genesee Streets.

All donations are tax deductable and the only limits to the tools we'll take are that they must be in working order and non-gas powered.

Here's a link to more information on the tool library:
http://www.sustainablewestseattle.org/tool-library/