A World Where Communities Find Joy In Sharing In the last four years, the Guelph Tool Library has gone from a small, grassroots working group run by a few volunteer, to an incorporated not-for-profit with over 1000 tools, kits and appliances available for borrow. We have over 500 members, and we have processed almost 9,000 … Continued
I had the opportunity to showcase the Guelph Tool Library at my practicum student exhibition last week. The event also took place at the University of Toronto iSchool alongside the Special Libraries Canada conference also happening at that day. I spoke to dozens of people about the challenges and solutions we’d encountered in providing this service … Continued
The first Guelph Repair Cafe was held on August 20th, 2016 at St James the Apostle church from 9 to 1. Volunteers helped fix broken and damaged clothes, jewelery, bikes, electrical appliances, wooden items, etc. Article about this event on Guelph Today. The Cafe also featured a Swap Table where participants brought items in good … Continued