Start collecting those items around the house that need to be fixed! The Repair Cafe is this Saturday at CVU from 10-2. If you plan to come remember to register at http://www.transitioncharlottevt.org/
Repair Cafés are an easy means for folks to keep many of their belongings repaired and in working order. We have gathered talented local folks that will be volunteering their handy skills for you! Just bring your broken stuff to the Repair Café and watch the handy folks do their magic. Besides keeping our stuff in working order, other benefits include reducing our landfill and carbon footprint, meeting our neighbors, and learning new skills. These are fun community events where the fixees and fixers chit-chat and learn from each other. One of our goals is to educate you so that if the need arises again, you have the skills to fix it yourself.
In previous cafes I've gotten tools sharpened and fixed, indoor and outdoor furniture repaired, a chainsaw tune up and clothing repaired.
We now have fixers lined up that are offering the following repairs or services:
* Bike repairs
• Mend clothing by hand or sewing machine; repair holey knits; adjust sewing machines
• Replace zippers • Repair lamps–replace switches and cords, tighten wobbly bases
• Troubleshoot and/or repair small appliances, electronics, radios, fans, heaters, (de)humidifiers
• Sharpen garden tools, replace wooden handles, repair trimmers, weed-wackers
• Repair jewelry, replace watch batteries, fix watch bands
• Repair furniture, cuckoo clocks, dolls, favorite toys
• Sharpen knives, scissors, axes
• Patch your blue jeans using Sashiko, Japanese-style stitching
• Make a blue jean skirt from your old jeans!
• Tune chainsaws
• Diagnose and/or fix computers, laptops, smartphones and printers
• Replace smartphone batteries
• Tune and minor repair of bicycles, truing of bike wheels
• Repair and adjust skateboards
Got something different… we are up for all new challenges! We are excited to be offering new fix-it skills by CVU students and some professional fixers!
You are responsible for buying any parts that you will need beforehand… but our repairers will charge you zippo, zilch, zero! We just ask that attendees make a food or monetary donation to the Hinesburg Food Shelf if able.
We also will have home-baked goodies, chili, and drinks for sale. The event is being sponsored by the CVU's Environmental Action Club & Sustainability Hub, Transition Town Charlotte, the Charlotte Grange, the Charlotte Library, and the Charlotte Congregational Church.

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