Time to TELL

Tools for Employment Lending Library

In 2026 ASAP's Tools For Empowerment project (TFE) will begin to address the needs of local students by establishing the Tools for Employment Lending Library (TELL) - to remove one of the most persistent barriers facing career and technical education students - the high upfront cost of industry-required tools.

TFE has been ongoing since 2015. Since then, our amazing local community has generously donated their time, tools, treasure and expertise to sort, clean, refurbish, pack and fill SIX shipping containers of life-changing trade tool donations - that's over ten tons of hand tools and power equipment!  These have been donated to Mission Schools to help improve teaching and learning and to help graduates become self-reliant. These tools continue to help families in Haiti, The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Zimbabwe and Peru earn a living today

 Volunteers like 'Papa Nash" and his grandson make TFE Possible  

TFE will continue to provide tools to help youth in the Dominican Republic and Zimbabwe become self-reliant while serving youth in our local community.

Stay tuned for more details