We are back in action! Get your broken stuff ready! Sustainable Charlotte, the Charlotte Library and the Charlotte Grange will be hosting the next Repair Cafe on Saturday April 30 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Charlotte Congregational Church. Registration is necessary at https://forms.gle/au7CwqKZbvygnVSb7. Residents of all nearby towns are welcome. 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 fix or help you learn 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 to all ages
• keep perfectly good stuff out of the landfill
• build our Town's sense of community by working together to meet each other's needs.

In the past we have had repairers fix the following...
• 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

We have even offered the following services...
• a 3D Printer and operator on hand for quickly making copies of replacement parts out of plastic
• fixers that can make reusable shopping bags out of your old jeans, favorite skirt, whatever. Or denim skirts and shorts out of your old jeans or other pants
• A fixer of old tube stereos
• A bike repair dude offering tuning and minor repair of bicycles, truing of bike wheels
• A squad of electronic repair folks to tackle more sophisticated electrical and computer issues

We are always looking for new volunteer repairers to add to our crew. Do you have a repair or creative skill you want to offer? Email Jamey Gerlaugh, the Repair Cafe coordinator at repaircafe@sustainablecharlottevt.org.

There is no charge for our repairer's labor. If your repair requires new part(s) you are responsible for buying those parts beforehand and bringing them. If possible, please register your items to be fixed at https://forms.gle/au7CwqKZbvygnVSb7.

We do ask that attendees, if able, bring a food or monetary donation to the Charlotte Food Shelf. Coffee and home-baked goods will be available all day. Lunch of chili, salad, and drinks will be available for a $5 donation to Sustainable Charlotte. See you and your broken stuff on April 30!

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