Do you like fixing things and helping others? When friends describe you, does the word “handy” come to mind?
If you’re the kind of person who loves to fix things – rather than see them tossed in the trash – we need your help.
Sheridan is hosting its first-ever Repair Café! The Repair Café aims to reduce the waste that is sent to landfill and change society’s throw-away mindset. Come join our team of fixers for this global movement!
What is a Fixer?
A Fixer is a volunteer who is skilled at repairing household items, everything from appliances to electronics to clothing, you name it. Students, faculty and staff are all needed and welcome.
Sheridan’s First Repair Café
Sheridan will become the first college in Canada to join this global movement. The Repair Café started in Amsterdam in 2009. Within a few years, more than 400 repair cafés have become part of the worldwide network of Repair Cafe Foundation. Please visit the following link for a 2-minute Canadian Press video on Toronto’s Repair Café that our sustainability coordinator launched as a volunteer initiative in May, 2013.
On Thursday, April 10, as part of its Mission Zero sustainability campaign, Sheridan will hold its first Repair Café, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at SCAET, Trafalgar campus
To join our team of fixers, please contact Wai Chu Cheng, Sustainability Coordinator, Office for Sustainability, at waichu.cheng@sheridancollege.ca
For more info on the Repair Café movement, please visit www.repaircafetoronto.ca.