Bowen in Transition held its sixth semi-annual Fix-It Fair on Sunday afternoon at Collins Hall, and approximately 30 people showed up with various broken items in tow.
Bowen’s ten wonderful fixers repaired at least 28 items on the spot, including a broken zipper, a lamp, torn pants, a toaster and a toaster oven, a skirt, a sewing machine, slippers, a shop vac, a scarf, a clock, a pair of gloves, a pencil sharpener, several socks, a toy ambulance, a blender, and several appliances with broken electrical cords.
Some true vintage items were also repaired: Fraser fixed a 34-year-old waffle iron, while Reed and sons Phillip and Thomas repaired a 30-year-old VHS player. Possibly the most challenging was Rod’s repair of a broken dehumidifier. Once it had been fixed, it brought Collins Hall back within safe (20-60%) relative humidity range before the event ended!
The Fair will happen again in the spring. Now Bowen in Transition is shifting attention to the annual mini-energy audits of Bowen homes. We hope to do thermal images and energy saving checklists of another 25-30 homes this winter.
If you’d like your house included or would like more information please contact Filis Fahey at filisf@gmail.com.
