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2016 Impact Report 2016 Board of Directors 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 Baltimore 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 Inner Harbor 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 Carroll Park 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.
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