<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_6902817119298405787gmail-docs-internal-guid-f297e97e-7fff-c678-74fd-9d855cd9d500"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Good morning Missoulians!  Are you starting to spring clean and stumbling across a few things that are in need of a little TLC?  Join</span><a href="https://www.homeresource.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Home ReSource</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and partners at our next Fixit Clinic this Saturday!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_6902817119298405787gmail-docs-internal-guid-f3d6775e-7fff-5587-56d4-cd529f6ca8de"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At our family-friendly Fixit Clinics, volunteer Fixit Coaches can help you repair broken, worn, or malfunctioning stuff.  A </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fixit Clinic </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is a "pop-up" event where people bring their broken belongings to learn how to repair them. Trying to fix something can be intimidating! Everyone is welcome. No repair experience required. Volunteer </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fixit Coaches will be there to help you.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fixit Clinics are fun, hands-on events that demystify technology, empower people with simple repair know-how, and push back against the norms of our unsustainable disposable culture.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As part of the growing global Right to Repair movement, these clinics invite us to think critically about </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">our relationship to consumption and demonstrate </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">how repair is a way to reduce the global burdens related to resource extraction and waste.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Head to the</span><a href="https://www.zerobyfiftymissoula.com/events" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zero By Fifty Website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more information!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks to our Fixit Clinic partners!</span><a href="https://www.montanalinc.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Local Indigenous Network Collective (LINC)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org/makerspace" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Missoula Public Library Makerspace</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, &</span><a href="https://mudproject.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MUD</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This is a</span><a href="http://zerobyfiftymissoula.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ZERO by FIFTY: Missoula's Pathway to Zero Waste</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> event.</span>  <br></p></span><br><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Hillary Sward | </b>Pronouns: She/Her</div>Zero Waste Educator<br>Energy Corps Service Member<br>Home ReSource | Missoula, MT<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.energycorps.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">EnergyCorps</a> | <a href="https://www.homeresource.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Home ReSource</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HomeReSourceMT/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/homeresource/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Instagram</a></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><i style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We envision a just and vibrant world built on the principles of sustainability where the potential of people, community, and materials is realized.</i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>