The next Repair Cafe' will be held at the Charlotte Congregational Church this Saturday Nov 9 from 10 AM to 2 PM. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ITEMS BEFOREHAND at WWW.TRANSITIONCHARLOTTEVT.ORG so we know what to expect and what tools to bring.

So what exactly is a Repair Cafe? It's a 4 hour community party of talented local folks that will volunteer their handy skills to repair your broken stuff. Just bring your broken things to the Repair Cafe and watch and learn as the handy folks do their magic. In addition to fixing, we hope to...
• promote and teach the lost art of repair
• keep perfectly good stuff out of the landfill
• build our Town's sense of community by working together to meet each other's needs.

We have lined up some unique and great fixers this Saturday! In addition to our usual repairs we will have ...
• a 3D Printer and operator onhand for quickly making copies of replacement parts out of plastic
• Fixers that can make re-usable shopping bags Or denim skirts Or shorts out of your old jeans, favorite pants, whatever.
• A fixer of old tube stereos
• A bike repair dude offering tuning and minor repair of bicycles, truing of bike wheels
• A larger squad of electronic repair folks to tackle more sophisticated electrical and computer issues

This is in addition to our usual...
• Repair lamps–replace switches and cords, tighten wobbly bases
• Repair jewelry (no soldering), replace watch batteries, fix watch bands,
• Replace eyeglass screws
• Repair furniture, cuckoo clocks, dolls, favorite toys (wooden, metal, or plastic)
• Troubleshoot and/or repair small appliances, electronics, radios, fans, heaters, (de)humidifiers
• Sharpen garden tools, replace wooden handles, repair electric trimmers
• Sharpen knives, scissors, axes
• Mend clothing by hand or sewing machine; repair holey knits; adjust sewing machines
• Replace zippers
• Got something different… we are up for all new challenges!
• Do you have a repair or creative skill you want to offer? See the contact info on the

We will be have educational Skill Building Demos throughout the day.

There is no charge for our repairer's labor. Please tell us what broken item you are bringing at www.transitioncharlottevt.org If your repair requires new part(s) you are responsible for buying those parts beforehand and bringing them. We do ask that attendees, if able, bring a food or monetary donation to the Charlotte Food Shelf. Home-baked goods, chili and drinks will be for sale. The event is being sponsored by Transition Charlotte, the Charlotte Grange, the Charlotte Library, and the Charlotte Congregational Church.

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