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Fixit Clinic

Community Repair Event

Bring items from home that are broken, torn or not quite working correctly. Our Fixit Coaches and Volunteers will try to get them up and running. Check-in at the Welcome Table to begin your visit.

Registration is not required, but will be used to send reminders and updates. Please include an email address.

What is a Fixit Clinic? It's an opportunity for neighbors to help neighbors and teach skills for living all while keeping items out of the landfills and pushing against throwaway culture.

Volunteers will help with repairs for:

• Bike maintenance
• Blade and knife sharpening
• Computer diagnostics and updates
• Electronics and small appliances
• Furniture
• Jacket zipper replacement and outerwear patches courtesy of Patagonia Old Town
• Mending cloth items
• Watch battery replacement
• Detangling
• PLUS there will be a Kids' Take-It-Apart Table (all ages) for curious minds and future fixers to try out tools and see what's inside some everyday items. 

Before heading to a Fixit station, first check-in at the Welcome Table to sign the Liability Waiver and provide information about the item(s) you've brought. We will have limited parts for repairs available. If you know the part your item needs, please bring it with you. 

Fixit Clinic Rules

1. Check in at the Welcome Table to sign the Liability Waiver and get instructions on where to go. 
2. There is a limit of two items for repair per visitor. *More items may be considered as space and time allows. 
3. A fixit clinic is not a drop-off service. Remain with your item(s) at all times.
4. Repair coaches are not liable for damages or unrepaired items brought in. This is a free, community-focused service, not a for-profit event.
5. When you are with your repair coach, you can choose to: a) watch as the repair is attempted, b) work with the repair coach or c) attempt the repair yourself under the guidance of a repair coach. 

Fixit Clinic Liability Statement

Visitors to the Kate Waller Barrett Branch, Alexandria Library, offer broken items for repair at your own risk; volunteers performing repairs make no guarantees and are not liable for condition of broken items. Volunteer Fixit Coaches reserve the right to refuse repairs on any items deemed unsafe, unrepairable or for any other reason. Repairs are attempted at the volunteer’s discretion. 

Alexandria Library is joined by the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services to host this community repair event. 

Transportation and Environmental Services (T&ES) strives to improve the overall quality of life within the City of Alexandria by planning, building, operating, and maintaining transportation systems and infrastructure to enhance mobility and provide people and businesses with core public services. The work we do keeps Alexandrians moving, growing sustainably, and thriving.

Interested in getting involved? Contact mzimmerman@alexlibraryva.org

Fixit Clinic celebrates repair through all-ages do-it-together hands-on fix-n-learn community-based discovery and disassembly. People bring broken, non-functioning things -- electronics, appliances, computers, toys, bicycles, sewing machines, fabric items, etc.-- for assessment, disassembly, and -- hopefully -- repair. www.fixitclinic.org  

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