Reduce, reuse, repair

You know what they say: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But if it is broke? Do—or get someone else to. The Scrappy Elephant began hosting the Repair Café, a free-to-the-public event wherein you bring your broken stuff (jewelry, small electronics, clothing), and volunteers from the Cville Time Bank, an organized exchange system in which members trade time for help, will set to work fixing it in 30 minutes or less.

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