Sometimes things break – a key gets stuck on your keyboard, a toy doll loses its arm, or the remote stops working on your tv. And our tendency is to dump it and go buy a new one, or leave it in the garage gathering dust.
But what if someone could help you fix it, or show you how to do it yourself? Wouldn’t you rather keep using that household item? Well your chance is coming up at the Fix-It event on Sunday, April 7.
Amy Z. is a Richmond District resident and a student at SFSU, enrolled in a class entitled “Geography of Garbage”.
“One of the assignments is to organize an event to help reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill. Four of us decided that we wanted to organize a Fix – It Clinic,” Amy write to us in an email.
What is a Fix-It Clinic you ask? It’s an event where people can bring in broken electronics, appliances, toys, etc. to receive guidance on how to disassemble, diagnose, and hopefully fix the problem. The objective is to educate people on how to fix things so less items end up in landfills.
The event runs from 11am until 2pm at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center, 741 30th Avenue. Just bring over your non-working item to learn more about how it works, and hopefully, get it back in working order.
If you are planning to attend and know what you’re bringing for repair, go ahead and RSVP on the Meetup page.
Are you handy with repairs? Amy and her crew are looking for “anyone that likes to tinker” to help out. “It would be great if they had their own tools to share,” she says but it’s not required. Drop her a note through the meetup page for more information on volunteering.
Sarah B.
What a great idea. Thanks to Amy and friends for organizing this. Maybe it’ll become a regular event.
Thanks for the great write up Sarah!!! We would love to see this become a regular event.
I’d love to attend a future one. I can’t this sunday. I live in the Richmond, have for most of my life. I have a lamp to repair but don’t know how, flashlight: bet I could find lots of things around here. Please do this again.