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Tools for Change 2026

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Build Community Impact With Us

Tools for Change is an opportunity for people from around the greater Houston area to come together to build picnic tables in support of our local schools and community organizations. Corporate groups and individuals can sign up for a shift to build a picnic table, while enjoying games, food, beer and more!

Just register your team and show up on event day. The ToolBank will provide everything you need, including pre-cut building materials, tools, instructions and expert facilitators. All ages and abilities are welcome!

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Houston ToolBank, 1215 Gazin St., Houston, TX 77020

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Previous Tools for Change Events

Watch the positive change in action from previous Tools for Change events.

Houston ToolBank volunteers holding a ToolBank tote bag
A teenage girl drilling a hole in a table
A table filled with tools for Air Alliance volunteers at a Houston ToolBank event
Two volunteers lowering the top of a wooden lunch table to the ground at a Houston ToolBank event
A volunteer group sitting on a wooden lunch table they built at the Houston Toolbank
Houston ToolBank volunteers loading at a wooden lunch table into the back of a truck
Teenage Houston Toolbank volunteers all wearing fun cowboy hats in a group pictures
A Houston ToolBank volunteer in a blue shirt drilling down into a table
Houston ToolBank volunteers building lunch tables under a school hardtop