Reader’s Digest Australia & New Zealand – May 2019

May• 2019 | 27

PHOTO: CRANITCH MARK

Shecametotheconclusionthat

wedon’tneedtoowneverysingle

itemforeverysinglepurpose,we

justneedtohaveaccesstothem;we

needa placewherewecanborrow

whatweneed–inotherwords,a

library.Sabrinadecidedtoputher

passionintoactionandsotheBris-

bane Tool Library was born.

Withintwoyearsthetoollibrary

hasgrowntoover 225 members

andtodayisrunbyateamofvol-

unteers,mostlywomen,from 13

differentnationalities.Fora small

membershipfee,thelibrarylends

everythingfromhandandpower

toolstosportingandcamping gear,

and kitchen equipment.

Library founder Sabrina Chakori with one of the useful tools it lends