How To Host a Fixit Clinic at School

Digital Toolkit

This digital tool kit will guide you through the steps to plan and facilitate a volunteer led fix-it clinic at your school to help your school build community, save money, and keep stuff out of the landfills.

Grades any

Time Needed open-ended

Toolkit Details

What’s in this digital toolkit?
This guide will walk you through the steps of planning and facilitating a fix-it clinic at your school. It includes the following sections:

What is a Fix-it Clinic?
Why to Host One at School
Getting Started
Outreach and Promotion
Running Your Clinic
Collecting Data
Additional Resources

Who is this guide for?
Teachers, parents, or administrators who want to plan a volunteer-based fix-it clinic at their school to build community, save money, and provide tangible sustainable ways to reduce waste and impact on our environment.

Guides and Editable Handouts
How to Host a Fix-it Clinic at School – Downloadable Guide – PDF

Format Downloadable document to use for planning a Fix-it Clinic, whether as a classroom project, or extracurricular school event.

Purpose and Context

Fixit Clinics are community-powered events where volunteer Fixers support participants as they troubleshoot and repair everyday items, from small appliances and electronics to clothing, toys, bikes, and jewelry. Originally started in the Bay Area of California by Peter Mui, Fixit Clinics are now hosted around the world as hands-on learning experiences that help people build practical skills, save money, reduce waste, and connect with one another. Even when an item is not fully repaired, participants walk away with a deeper understanding of how things work and greater confidence to try again.
Schools are an ideal place for repair events. Hosting a Fixit Clinic on campus supports student learning, aligns with sustainability goals, diverts waste and invites the wider community into the school as a space for collaboration and problem-solving. This step-by-step guide is designed to help school staff and students plan and host a successful Fixit Clinic, turning repair into an engaging, educational experience for all involved!

Instructions

This guide is designed to be used as a step-by-step roadmap for planning and hosting a Fixit Clinic on a school campus. We recommend that a teacher, staff member, or school program coordinator serve as the primary organizer and use this resource to invite and support student participation throughout the process.

While Fixit Clinics offer rich learning opportunities, this resource is intentionally designed to go beyond the classroom! To support student learning, we have included a classroom lesson (Introduction to Repair Lesson) that can serve as a jumping off point for students to start thinking about repair, why repair matters, and the cultural significance of the practice. These lessons can be completed in the classroom ahead of time or incorporated into the day-of Fixit Clinic as part of the on-campus event experience.

Inside this guide, you will find clear, step-by-step instructions that walk you through each phase of hosting a Fixit Clinic, from early planning and logistics to day-of setup and facilitation. The toolkit includes planning checklists, role descriptions, student engagement tips, info to get the word out on campus, and reflection tools to help ensure a successful and meaningful repair event for everyone involved.
Follow the steps in order, adapt them to fit your school’s context, and use the resources throughout the guide to support both student learning and community participation.

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Related Resources

Lesson: Introduction to Repair

Explore how repair serves as a meaningful environmental solution by reflecting on your own experiences with broken items and then examining the diverse people and roles that power the broader repair movement.

Grades 6 and up
40 minutes

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