2016 Impact Report 2016 Board of Directors

John Bacci Michael Avendt Abby Jackson President SunTrust Bank Johns Hopkins Medicine Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. Wade Brown Barbara Klein Harper ToolBank Staff Chris Dyckman Consultant UPS Information Services Vice President Consultant William J. Brown Ashley Pennington Exelon/ BGE Johns Hopkins University Paul Rishar Treasurer Margaret Draper-Harris John Robinson BBVA Compass Cristal Global 5th/ 3rd Bank

Susan Scotto Dyckman Jim Emge Dennis Sanschagrin Secretary The Home Depot STRUCTURAL Group Consultant Greg Ferarro Stephen Shelsby Jones Lang LaSalle LEGACY Supply Chain Services

Matt Gerkens Grant Thornton LLP Noah Smock

Doug Howard Executive Director Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP

Jon Howland Stanley Black & Decker

Timothy M. Hurley Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.

Marcus Mosley Rachel Thompson Volunteer Coordinator Program Manager Dear Friends,

2016 was a landmark year of service in our shared community. We increased the reach of our core program and enriched our offerings to a growing network of community-based organizations. In addition to a record year of tool lending, we hosted more networking events and made intentional connections between partners to strengthen and celebrate their work.

Here are just a few of the key successes we coordinated in 2016:

• Served 217 partners with 783 orders, lending a value of $1.76 million dollars’ worth of tools at less than 3% of the retail value. These numbers show increases of 10%, 18% and 21% over 2015. • Registered 94 new community organizations as members—nearly 2 per week! • Launched the inaugural cohort of the ToolBank Ambassadors Program. 16 high-powered Ambassadors helped us increase awareness throughout the region by connecting us to media outlets, new partners, volunteer groups, social media audiences and much more. • Secured a cache of new tools in response to partner demand, including such diverse offerings as a mobile play ground, lawn mowers, augers, tillers, string-trimmers… the list goes on!

This document details more successes and stories from our network in 2016. It speaks for itself as we set our sights on success in 2017 and beyond.

See you out where the good work gets done!

Noah Smock Executive Director 2016 Impact Numbers 783 Tool Orders

$1.76 Million in Retail Value

217 Member Agencies

38,691 Volunteers Empowered Program Growth

Tool Orders Volunteers Empowered

2016 783 Orders 38,691 2015 666 Orders 31,932 2014 447 Orders 21,482

The ToolBank stewards an inventory of tools for lending to charitable organiza- 38,691 Volunteers Empowered tions to increase the impact of their mission-related efforts in the community. Member Stories UMBC Choice Program

In April, 30 volunteers joined UMBC’s Choice Program to maintain greenscape in East Baltimore. Armed with ToolBank tools, the Choice Program helps keep the space verdant year-round. Throughout spring and summer, you’re likely to find Choice volunteers hard at work with DeWALT string trimmers, Stanley Black & Decker lawn mowers and other powerful tools.

The Choice Program is a community-based, family-centered case management approach to delinquency prevention and youth development. Focused on providing support in at-risk environments, they recruit college graduates from diverse backgrounds as Community Service Learning Fellows. In partnership with youth mentees, Fellows converted this vacant lot in East Baltimore into a greenscape that includes planted garden beds, a chicken coop and open space for children to play.

Retail value of tool order: $569.08 Cost to UMBC Choice Program per weeek: $ 17.07 Number of volunteers empowered: 30

Locust Point Civic Association

The Locust Point Civic Association (LPCA) held their Eco Week Community Clean event on Friday, April 22nd in partnership with Blue Water Baltimore. Residents and volunteers from local businesses came together to clean and green Latrobe Park and the greater Locust Point neighborhood, including clearing paths to storm drains, litter removal and related greening projects in the park that have positive aesthetic and environmental impact.

Thanks to the LPCA’s organization, recruitment and sweat, less pollution now flows into Baltimore’s and the greater Chesapeake Bay. 40 total volunteers were empowered with trusty blue tools for this project to strengthen and beautify this corner of Baltimore City. Retail value of tool order: $1,279.18 Cost to LPCA per week: $ 41.09 Number of volunteers empowered: 40 The Mission Continues

The Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. They deploy veterans on new missions in their communities so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve.

On November 11 and 12, Veterans Day Weekend, The DC and Baltimore Service Platoons held two separate volunteer days using ToolBank tools. Work included beautification of a local park , landscaping, painting, and light construction.

Retail value of tool order: $8,856.93 Cost to organization per weeek: $266.45 Number of volunteers empowered: 150

Paul’s Place, Inc.

Paul’s Place provides programs, services, and support that strengthen individuals and families, fostering hope, personal dignity and growth.

On November 14, Paul’s Place hosted their annual Huff and Puff 5k at Golf Course. From water coolers and tables to generators to a mobile playground, Paul’s Place got every blue tool they needed for an incredible event!

Retail value of tool order: $26,328.19 Cost to organization per weeek: $789.49 Number of volunteers empowered: 550

ToolBank vision statement: The end of tool scarcity for America’s volunteers. Volunteering at the ToolBank

Q: How did a staff of three people fulfill 783 tool orders for 217 partners in 2016? A: Volunteers!

The ToolBank model is all about empowering volunteers. In 2016 we empowered 38,691 total volunteers throughout the region. Typically, these volunteers employ our trusty blue tools offsite, yet a key portion of them help us right here in our warehouse. In 2016, 715 unique volunteers joined staff for a range of projects including: construction of 10 floating wetlands; maintenance of our tool inventory, rain gardens and Stormwater Factory; special event prep; cleaning and organiz- ing and much more.

In 2016, the Baltimore Community ToolBank hosted 38 onsite volunteer projects and dozens of individual volunteers. Total volunteer hours equaled 5,720—a value of $128,700! All said, 2016’s numbers represent a growth of 17% over 2015. These volunteers are now part of the ToolBank family! 710 Internal Volunteers ToolBank Ambassadors 2016 Ambassadors In 2016, the Baltimore Community ToolBank launched the first year of our Ambassadors Program. 16 high-powered friends of the ToolBank were engaged in intentional networking activities in a fun manner, Laura Aceituno leading to increased exposure across a diversity of audiences. Thanks to Melissa Badeker an impressive PR ground game from our 2016 Ambassador class, here Marnie Benney are some measures of how we grew in 2016: Kirsten Brinlee Sarah Flammang • 432 new social media likes Sabriyah Hassan • 28% increased attendance at Hammers & Ales Katie Igrec • 60% increase in Giving Tuesday donations Sarah Long • Hundreds of items of ToolBank swag Nick Mburu distributed Dana Marron • 55% increase in Amazon Smile donations JJ Reidy • Featured on ‘Baltimore Be Bullish’ podcast (May) Matt Riggin • Hosted YNPN ‘Coffee with the CEO’ event (September) Jon Smeton • Hosted 40-person running group (July) Emily Thompson • Hosting The Feminist Art Project – Baltimore (February 2017) Liz Vayda Matt Williams Sustainablility at the ToolBank At the same time as we empower partners and their volunteers, the Baltimore Community ToolBank is committed to dynamic sustainable practices onsite at our facility in the Carroll-Camden Industrial Park.

Two sizable rain gardens welcome guests into our space at the entrance of our building. Featuring 26 varieties of colorful native plants, these gardens are our billboard to all who pass by. We know that natural assets need not be removed from urban environments—indeed, they should be located in precisely those places that are typically overlooked or neglected. Our rain 2,433 gardens exemplify this conviction.

Annually, these gardens repurpose an average of 300,000 gallons of stormwater runoff while Tools washed with creating habitat for a variety of pollinators including bees, birds, bats and butterflies. rain water Additionally, 2016 marked our first full year of operation of our Stormwater Factory. More than 500,000 gallons of stormwater were redirected for native habitat and cleaning our tools. In 2016, we turned a faucet exactly *zero* times to wash tools!

For the third consecutive year, we were also able to partner with volunteer groups from local schools and businesses to construct 10 floating wetlands at the ToolBank. Launched in April, these structures now float in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, helping to filter harmful toxins from our water system while creating additional habitat for a wealth of marine and avian wildlife.

At the ToolBank, sustainability is more than a side project: It is an essential part of everything we do and stand for. Left: Morgan Stanley volunteers plant the plugs in the floating wetlands that were built and stored at the ToolBank by ToolBank volunteers.

Right: The UMBC sailing team builds floating wetlands at the ToolBank.

Left: Students from Johns Hopkins University take a tour of the ToolBank to learn about repurposed rain water in our industrial space.

Right: Johns Hopkins staff volunteer with Parks & People to plant trees in Carroll Camden.

Left: Noah Smock, Executive Director, accepts the Johns Hopkins University Office of Sustainability’s Community Partner of the year award with board member Ashley Pennington.

Right: The ToolBank Stormwater Factory water containment system. ToolBank Special Events

Top Left : 2 Degrees of ToolBank To complement our tool lending program, the ToolBank regularly convenes partners for intentional networking at 2 Degrees of ToolBank. Partners come with their most pressing needs and connect with a diversity of other community leaders to overcome them.

Top Right : Volunteer Maryland Appreciation Event In May, 40 volunteer management professionals joined Volunteer Maryland at the ToolBank for an appreciation event. Cabot Creamery stopped in with their Gratitude Grill to thank coordinators for all they do to promote volunteerism throughout Maryland!

Bottom Left: Neighborhood Grow Center On weekends throughout April, the ToolBank hosted a series of workshops in partnership with Baltimore City’s Neighborhood Grow Center. Workshops focused on reused materials and teachings to benefit Baltimore City residents.

Bottom Right: Baltimore Corps STEAM Players In the summer, the ToolBank hosted a team of five young men and women for lessons in STEAM curriculum. The hands-on learning experience introduced a diversity of young professionals to basic tool use and safety. Top: Baltimore Urban Debate League Recycled Art In May and June, students from 5 area schools joined the ToolBank to make art out of broken tools. The theme was to create a sculpture that would improve the world. The Baltimore Urban Debate League coordinated schools and helped bring ‘trash’ to life in the imagination of more than 50 Baltimore City students.

Bottom: Local Daisy Troop Visits the ToolBank On a cloudy Saturday in April, young women from a local Daisy Troop visited the ToolBank to learn more about the benefits of bees and other pollinators that populate the ToolBank rain gardens. Thank You to our donors !

Foundations Sponsors Non-profit, Faith-based and Government

The Abell Foundation Baltimore Gas & Electric Baltimore Development Corporation Baltimore Community Foundation BBVA C ompass Environmental Resource Management Commonwealth Cares Foundation Biohabitats, Inc. Woods Memorial Church Fund for Change BLP Retail Services Givewell/ NobleCause Chris & Susan Dyckman Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Foundation Financial Advisors, Inc. Gross Mendelsohn & Associates Jones Lang LaSalle Individual Len the Plumber Miles & Stockbridge, LLP Christine Albano Paul’s Place, Inc. Basil Alwakil RCT Systems Michael Avendt Shelsby & Leoni, PA John Bacci Corporate Sika Melissa & Allan Badeker SPAX Al Bertamini Stanley Black & Decker Amazon Smile Mark & Michele Blazek Structural Group Baltimore Gas & Electric Madison Boris Yelp! Baltimore Clorox Wade Brown Miles & Stockbridge, LLP William J. Brown SunTrust Bank Rob Carfagno T. Rowe Price CJ Clark UPS Teddy Davidson Neal Dongre Margaret Draper-Harris Chante Diggs Gerard O’Keefe Charles & Cynthia Drucker Ashley Pennington In-kind Chris & Susan Dyckman J. Joseph & Emilia Poiter Stephanie Eaddy Leslie Premo Virginia Aleksalza Jim Emge Tonere Riddick Alma’s Concina John Enny Paul Rishar American Visionary Arts Museum Ben Groff John Robinson B. Doughnut Greg Ferraro Harry Roth B. Willow Shannon Frede Alan & Corrine Rothbard John Bacci Steven Galliard Shawn Royster Bay Imagery Matt Gerkens Patty & Tim Russart Baltimore Orioles Brandon & Brandt Halm Dennis Sanschagrin Baltimore Ravens Robin Harris Steve & Vicki Shelsby Baltimore Whiskey Company Doug Howard LeighAnn Smith Bell Nursery Jon Howland Noah Smock Blue Agave Timothy Hurley Jo Ellen Soesbee Bookmakers Katie Igrec Beverly & Martin Thompson Bozzuto Mariner Bay Apartments Les & Lori Ireland Craig Turner The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Abby & Peter Jackson Cynthia Wagner Ceremony Coffee Paul Kalinowski Laura Waltrup City Café Lyn Kargaard Matt Williams Conrad’s Crabs Bob Kight Josh Wilson Dance Matrix Studios Barbara Klein Harper DAP Products Maureen Krueger Jean Delancey Bill Martin DellaRose’s Tania Masiuk Margaret Draper-Harris Robert C. Morgan Chris & Susan Dyckman Mike Murphy Emidio Vincenzo Salon & Spa Charles Neary Everyman Theater Magdalena Nowosadko Matt Gerkens Dennis Sanschagrin Gertude’s Second Chance, Inc. Peggy Gower Julie Shay Dean & Gwen Harring Steve & Vicki Shelsby Harris Teeter Locust Point Noah Smock Hartcorn Studios Stanley Black & Decker The Home Depot Structural Group Doug Howard STX Jon Howland Rachel Thompson Huck’s American Craft Total Wine & More Huckle’s Hot Sauce Towson University Timothy Hurley Union Brewery Abby & Peter Jackson Valley Wine KaBOOM! Jack Van Stone Kimberly Clark Words with Boards Barbara Klein Harper Ladornia Photography Meridian Medical Jim Murphy The National Aquarium Neo’s Annapolis Ian Neuman Fran & Maggie Orlando Peabody Heights Brewery Ashley Pennington Regi’s Bistro Rolling Road Golf Club Pearl Rosenfast Martha Ruffin Sandtown Millworks Thank you to our active Member Agencies in 2016 ! .

176 Family Better Health, Better Life Elijah’s Blessing Community Service Center Adoptions Together Blue Water Baltimore Empowering Believers Church AHC Greater Baltimore Bon Secours Community Works Empowerment Academy Al-Tawhid Community Mission Center Booker Dr./Round Road Neighborhood Association Family Recovery Program, Inc. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Break a Difference Family Services, Inc. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Bridges Public Charter School Federal Hill Main Street Amos Herr Dream Park Bridging Service Gaps Federal Hill Neighborhood Association Arunah Avenue Neighborhood Broadneck Elementary School PTO Federal Hill Preparatory School #45 PTO Ashburton Area Association Business Volunteers Maryland Fells Point Light City Initiative B’More Clubhouse BYKE Collective of Fusion Partnership Filbert Street Garden B.I.G.G.Y.S. Community Center C.A.R.E. Community Association Flight 1 Carriers Back to the Table Camp Farthest Out, Inc. Folly Quarter Middle School Baltimore Bike Party Catholic Charities Headstart of Baltimore City Francis Scott Key Elementary / Middle School PTO Baltimore City Health Department Center for Educational Outreach at JHU Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School Baltimore Coalition of the Heart Charles Village Civic Association Franklin Square Community Association Baltimore Free Farm Charm City Clinic Franklintown Community Association Baltimore Gift Economy Chesapeake Bay Foundation Friends of Carroll Park Baltimore Green Space Chesapeake Center for Youth Development Friends of Parks Baltimore Office of Promotion of the Arts Citizens of Pigtown Community Assicoation Friends of Baltimore Open Space Alliance Civic Works, Inc - Real Food Farm Friends of Riverside Park Baltimore Orchard Project Clay Pots... A Place to Grow Fusion Partnerships Inc. / I’m Worth It Baltimore Symphony Orchkids Clean Water Fund Gallery Church Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap Community Garden at 1425 Ostend St. Genesee Valley Outdoor Learning Center Baltimore Tree Trust, Inc. Community in Action for Self Help Project Inc. Gilmor Elementary School Baltimore Urban Debate League Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Banner Neighborhoods Community DC Bilingual Public Charter School Girls Charter School, Inc BARCS - Baltimore Animal Rescue Center Desert Farm Initiative Glenwood Life Counseling Center Bea Gaddy Family Centers Family Alliance Grace and St. Peter’s Church Belair- Edison Neighborhoods Downtown Sailing Center Grace Presbyterian Church Edgecombe Park Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation Druid Heights Community Development Corperation Greater Baltimore Chapter of American Association of Zoo Keepers Greater Baltimore Urban League Men of Valuable Action (MOVA) Singletrack Cycling Open Registration Events Green Pig Commons Metanoia Church Skatepark of Baltimore Green Street Academy Mondawmin Urban Green Space So What Else, Inc. Hamilton Elementary/Middle School Mosaic Christian Church South Baltimore Neighborhood Assiciation Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street Moveable Feast Inc South Baltimore Partnership / Fusion Historic East Baltimore Communiy Associaiton National Aquarium Southeast Community Development Coperation Hollins Creative Place Making New Genesis Total Praise Center Southwest Partnership HollinsRoundhouse Open Plough/Fusion Partnership SoWeBo Arts, Inc. Humanim: Harbor City Service Orokawa Family Center Y St Camillus Catholic Church Idlewood Community Association Our Creeks & Conservancy St. Francis Neighborhood Center Impact Hub Baltimore Outward Bound Baltimore Chesepeake St. Gregory the Great Catholic Improving Education- Spponsored by Strong City Parks & People Foundation St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Baltimore Patterson Park Audubon Center Strong City Baltimore/ Greater Homewood International Rescue Committee Paul’s Place The 3200 Carlisle Block Association Invisible Majority Pigtown Food for Thought c/o Paul’s Place The 6th Branch Irvington Neighborhood Association Pigtown Main Street The Ability Experience Islamic Institute of America Playmore B’more - Baltimore Corp The Baltimore Station Itineris, Inc. Playworks Maryland The Band Johns Hopkins Medicine Marketing and Poe House The Center: Where Compassion Meets Justice Communications Poppleton vintage gardens The Church of St. Katherine of Alexadria Johns Hopkins University - Center for Social Concern Port Discovery Children’s Museam The Contemporary Jubilee Arts Premier Soccer Club The GreenMount School Leveling the Playing Field Rebels With a Cause The Hope Movement LIGHT Health & Wellness Comprehensive Services, Rebuilding Together Anne Arundle County The Journey School Inc. Rebuilding Together Baltimore The Mission Continues - DC/Baltimore Lillian Jones Residence Association Reservoir Hill Improvement Council The New Broadway East Community Assciation Living Classrooms Foundation Safe Alternative Foundation The Pimlico Merchants Association Locust Point Civic Association Sandtown Winchester The York Road Partnership Maria’s Hope DBA CUPs Coffee House Save A Dope Boy Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle PTO Maryland Department of the Enviroment SE Washington Development Association Towson University Student Activities Maryland Leadership Seminar Second Chance, Inc Troop 97 Matthew Henson Community Development Severna Park Middle School Turner Memorial AME Church Corporation Sharing Hands Sharing Hearts UMBC Choice Program Under Armour Foundation Inc Union Square Association United Ministries, Inc. United Urban Roots Foundation United Way of Central Maryland University of Maryland Baltimore Community Engagement Center Upper Fells Point Improvement Association Upton Planning Committee, Inc. USGBC Maryland Vehicles for Change Volunteer Center For Anne Arundle County Volunteering Untapped Volunteers of America Chesapeake Waterfront Partnership WBC Community Development Corperation Westgate Community Association Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church Woodworker on Wheels Word and Praise Faith Ministry Your Baltimore CDC Zion Baptist Church

Contact Baltimore Community ToolBank 1224 Wicomico St. Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 244-5565 baltimore.toolbank.org Donate The ToolBank movement is sustained by donors at every level. Gifts in any amount will echo throughout our shared community. Direct online donations to www.razoo.com/us/story/Tools-for-Change. Direct donation inquires to [email protected].

Volunteer The Baltimore Community ToolBank engages hundreds of volunteers onsite every year. For information on vol- unteering, email [email protected]