The West Philly Tool Library has become a kind of institution in its neighborhood. For Executive Director Jason Sanders, this was the organization’s goal from the start.

“It started out as a very small organization of a few hundred tools on Woodland Avenue in 2007-2008, but it’s really grown into a larger community organization,” he said recently. “Currently, we have 1,300 active members who come in and borrow things, and we’ve had over 5,000 students take our class program this year. And it’s really just affordable and accessible.”

The library provides tools for rental – items such as lawn mowers, pressure washers, and wheelbarrows. Sanders said another large part of the organization is providing classes.

“We have a pretty robust class program of 50 rotating classes, where people can c

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