Guns to Gardens

Royal Lane is one of several congregations hosting a Guns to Gardens event. In partnership with RAWTools and Presbyterian Faith Fellowship, this safe surrender event will be hosted at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration from 2-5 pm.

Unwanted guns will be dismantled by trained volunteers and the leftover parts will be forged into garden tools. As an incentive to gun owners, the collective will offer gift cards in varying amounts.

We need community members who will volunteer four to six hours. Volunteers should arrive on-site at noon for training. Please register to volunteer so we know all jobs will be covered and that volunteers can be trained.
Tasks required include:
Greeters (3) – Welcome gun donor and ask them to stay in car throughout donation process; do not block driveways,  assign to a Shepherd.
Shepherds (12) – walk with gun owner through the donation and dismantling process, (collect some anonymous survey information - TBD)
Gift Cards (5)  – to retrieve gift cards from our funding team, bring them out to the donors as a thank you gift.
Hospitality (4) – help provide and serve water and refreshments to our volunteers throughout the event.
Chop saw operator (3) – receive training in chop saw and angle grinder operation for the safe dismantling of firearms.

To REGISTER as a volunteer, please send an email to:
To make a financial contribution towards this endeavor, visit this link: https://givebutter.com/seaDvI