The fix is in — Repair Café returns Saturday, Sept. 21
Start collecting your broken stuff for the fall Repair Café.
Sustainable Charlotte is sponsoring the next Repair Cafe Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Charlotte Congregational Church.
The Repair Cafe is a four-hour community party of talented local folks who volunteer their skills to repair your broken stuff. Register your items at sustainablecharlottevt.org/events. You can get almost anything, except for a broken heart, fixed for free.
Pamela Powell watches as Paul Southworth fixes her bike.
Participants can also 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:
- lamps–replace switches and cords, tighten wobbly bases
- jewelry (no soldering), replace watch batteries, fix watch bands,
- replace eyeglass screws
- repair furniture, cuckoo clocks, dolls, favorite toys (wooden, metal or plastic)
- troubleshoot 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
- bike repair
There will be used tools available for people to browse and take home.
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? We could really use some more people who sew as well as knife and tool sharpeners.
Email Jamey Gerlaugh, the Repair Cafe coordinator if you have a skill you’d like to share.
There is no charge for our repairers’ labor. If your repair requires new part(s), you are responsible for buying those parts beforehand and bringing them. Sustainable Charlotte asks attendees, if able, to bring a food or monetary donation to the Charlotte Food Shelf. Home-baked goods, chili, soups and drinks will be available by donation.