Tool Library Solves Philly’s Problems

KYW 1060 did an upbeat little report on the West Philly Tool Library and didn’t even make any good Penn kid jokes.

Sadness! While the tool library sounds like an incredibly useful idea (until idiots ruin it, I’m sure), it’s not just the ability to cheaply get a tool you need without having to buy it that makes it useful. Check out what volunteer Stacey Hendricks says the tool library does:

“Philly’s had some down times. It’s time to get ourselves up by our bootstraps. It’s a lot harder to commit a violent crime against somebody who has helped you out.”

You all know the saying: Lend a man a tool, and he’ll bring it back in a week. Don’t lend a man a tool, and he’ll stab you on a streetcorner.

West Philadelphia Gets a Lending Library — For Shop Tools [KYW 1060]