Celebrate with Us!
It was definitely a birthday to remember!
It was an absolute joy to celebrate the OTL’s 10-Year Birthday Bash with our dedicated members, passionate volunteers, loyal friends, and generous supporters. The event was a heartfelt reminder of the incredible community we have built together, and it was inspiring to see everyone come together in a spirit of unity and celebration. The costume contest, door prizes, and silent auction were all a hit. We even used a good old saw to cut the cake! We’re deeply grateful for the unwavering support and commitment from everyone who has been a part of our journey and we look forward to many more milestones together!
Feeling the local love!
Thanks to everyone that joined us for the Maker Market and Electronics Recycling event on July 13! Catherine Morrison of the Ottawa Citizen stopped by to capture some of the action and profile us: How the Ottawa Tool Library keeps stuff out of landfills,” July 13. Check it out!
A Decade of Impact
Begun as musings between friends over a drink, the Ottawa Tool Library was founded in 2014. We held information sessions at Impact Hub Ottawa and collected donated tools at a local church before starting an Indigogo campaign to build our first physical location at Ottawa’s City Centre complex.
We later added our OTL WorkSpace in 2017, and went on to host Repair Cafés across the city with support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Lee Valley Tools, and more recently the Vanier Community Association, City of Ottawa, and Zibi and its Dream Foundation. In 2019, we added Tinkering School kids camps to our programming. In 2020, the OTL moved to a new and larger space (and our current home) on Boyd Avenue.
In the decade since, we’ve accomplished so much together:
Thank You to Our Event Sponsors!
Thank you to our longtime friends, supporters and once-neighbours from Beyond the Pale Brewing for sponsoring the venue for our 10-year anniversary birthday bash!
Enchanted Booth brought smiles to the party by providing a digital photo booth on September 7!
Along with the generous support of…
