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Seattle hardware store offers to replace stolen tools for nonprofit
Nov 12, 2015, 4:35 PM | Updated: 6:10 pm
A local nonprofit needs our help after thieves broke into a storage unit and stole thousands of dollars worth of tools used to build wheelchair ramps for families in need. (AP)
(AP)
UPDATE: Brian Shook, owner of the Five Corners Hardware in Queen Anne, has pledged to provide all these tools for Puget Sound Labor Agency.
“It sounds like a really great organization that they’re working with,” Shook told KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don. “I have a 2-year-old of my own and so I can only imagine the difficult place that those families are in and it sounds like they are doing really great things to help those families.”
Shook suggested the money raised prior to his donation should still go to the organization because they will need more tools and supplies as they go through the holiday season.
—-Original story—-
A local nonprofit needs our help after thieves broke into a storage unit and stole thousands of dollars worth of tools used to build wheelchair ramps for families in need.
Q-13 reports there are eight families in Western Washington waiting to get wheelchair ramps, but the nonprofit, Puget Sound Labor Agency, says it won’t be able to install them without their tools.
A custom-built wheelchair ramp would normally cost a family thousands of dollars to build, but Puget Sound Labor Agency asks for the cost of materials.
Q-13 reports the thieves broke into the nonprofit’s storage units at the Port of Seattle in October, stealing about $5,000 worth of tools. Port police officers are investigating.
If you’d like to help, donate here.
Q-13 gave us a list of items that Puget Sound Labor Agency needs:
1) DeWalt 12″ 15AMP Sliding Compound Miter Saw
2) DeWalt Heavy Duty Miter Saw Stand
3) Skilsaw 15-AMP 7-1/4 in. Work Drive Circular Saw
4) Two Bosch Bulldog-X Rotary Hammers
5) Paslode Cordless 16 Ga. Angled Finish Nailer
6) Makita HR3851 1 ½ Rotary Hammer, 11a @ 120v,260 rpm
7) SRS Plus 18″ 5/8 and 12″ Concrete Bits
8) Dewalt 20V Max XR Cordless Lithium-Ion Brushless 2 Ah Screwgun and Impact Combo Kit DCK261D2
9) Milwaukee M12 FUEL 12V Cordless Lithium-Ion 12/ in. Hammer Drill Driver and Impact Driver Combo Kit
10) Two Stanley lever lock tape measures, hand tools, hammers, drill bit sets
11) Empire 4′, 6′ and 8′ levels and Straight Edge set
12) Two CLC Pro Carpenter’s Toolbelts with suspenders
13) Four Stanley extendable heavy duty sawhorses
14) Bosch CSW41 15 AMP 7-1/4 in Worm Drive Circular Saw
