This October: Donate, Repair, and Reuse to Help People and the Planet

Sponsored by Westwood Environmental Action Committee

Back By Popular Demand: The Repair Café Is Returning to Westwood, October 5!

Are you clinging to a broken item – for example, a lamp or piece of jewelry – that you want to keep but don’t know how to fix or get fixed? If so, you may be in luck. On Saturday, October 5, the Westwood Environmental Action Committee will host its second Repair Café.

At repair cafés, individuals bring broken items to volunteers who donate their time and tools to fix those items. Repair cafés are part of a grassroots movement aimed at reducing consumption and waste while also fostering community bonding. Since 2009, when the first repair café took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, repair cafés have proliferated throughout the world.

How it Works:

1.  Show up with items you want to have repaired. Fixable items include bicycles, clothing, jewelry, lamps, small furniture and small appliances.

2.  One of our "fixers" - volunteers with particular repair skills and tools - will fix your item. Please note: fixing is free but not guaranteed. Also, if your item needs a replacement part, you will need to buy or reimburse the fixer for that part.

3.  Mingle with neighbors and enjoy drinks and snacks provided at the event.

Date & Time: October 5, 2024 from 3:00-6:00 pm
Location: Westwood Council on Aging, 60 Nahatan Street, Westwood

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New Life Furniture Bank Accepting (and Collecting) Donations

Are you thinking about throwing away a piece of furniture during Westwood’s October Bulk Pickup collection by the DPW? Instead, you can give that item a second life by donating it to New Life Furniture Bank which provides gently used household furnishings to individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness.

Through a collaboration with the Westwood Environmental Action Committee, New Life Furniture Bank will be collecting the following items on Sunday, October 13:

• dressers
• desks
• dining tables
• dining chairs
• bookcases
• coffee tables

To sign up to have your item picked up by New Life Furniture Bank's truck on October 13, visit https://bit.ly/weacbulk.

New Life Furniture Bank of MA is a volunteer-led nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that accepts furniture and household items and makes them available at no charge to those in need through referring agencies. New Life assists individuals and families who are transitioning out of homelessness, fire survivors, those escaping domestic violence, military veterans and refugees. Regardless of the situation they are striving to overcome, they share a common theme; the need for a new beginning. To learn more about New Life, visit www.newlifefb.org.

This article is sponsored by Westwood Environmental Action Committee and is published by Westwood Minute.

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