Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Come to Pink Berry Aug 13th and Vote for Finn's (and HandsOn)

Hello All, 


First Off, the Pinkberry on Magazine Street and Joseph Street is helping to raise money for HandsOn New Orleans.  Pinkberry will donate money each time their customers mention HandsOn New Orleans on Saturday, August 13th, so go to Pinkberry, buy frozen yogurt, and mention HandsOn New Orleans and give your support while enjoying delicious desserts!


Secondly,  its that time of year to vote for the Gambit's Best of New Orleans and we are hoping to influence your vote.  There is a category for best Non-Profit, and we hope you vote for HandsOn New Orleans.   A few months ago our great friends at Finn McCool's donated a roto-tiller to us.  To show how much we appreciate their support, we are also asking that you vote for Finn McCool's for every bar category on the list.  


A couple of things to know about the Gambit's best of voting.  You have to vote for at least 50% of the categories to have your ballot count, so unfortunately you can't just vote for Finn's and HandsOn.  To vote online you also have to create a log-in.  Its a bit of work, but we hope you vote for us!


Last note, remember we have new hours starting Aug 1st (8-4) and will be closed on Mondays for at least the next couple months.


Hope to see you all soon and thanks for voting!
Tool Lending Library Team

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Closed Friday July 29th

Hello all,

We wanted to let you know that due to Americorps Graduation Ceremonies, we will be closed Friday July 29th.  Any tools due that day will be due on Saturday.

On that note, Ford and Patrick are finishing their Americorps Terms and their last day at the Tool Lending Library will be on Thursday 28th. They will be moving on to bigger and better things so the next time your in and you see them, make sure you thank them for everything they have done for the Tool Lending Library, they will truly be missed.

And remember, because of the shrinking size of the staff, our hours will be changing.  Will be closed on Mondays starting Aug 1st and open from 8-4 every other day except friday, where will keep the same hours, noon-5.  Note, though, that we will officially be open on Saturdays from 8-4 now, a big bonus.

We hope to see all soon,

Tool Lending Library Team

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

New Hours (and a few new tools)

Hello All,

We wanted to let you know that starting August 1st the HandsOn Tool Lending will be changing our hours.  We will be open Tuesday-Saturday (so closed Monday and Sunday) and will be opening at 8am and closing at 4pm each day, except for Friday, when we will open at noon and close at 5, just like our current hours.  This should last through August and September, where will be looking at adjusting the hours again.  Please let us know what you think and fill us in on ideas that would make the Tool Lending Library a better place for everyone.

We also just received two new Porter Cable routers, 15(!) new 18V DeWalt drivers and one new 18V XRP DeWalt Hammer Drill.

We hope to see everyone soon,

Tool Lending Library Team

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