Zero Waste Yukon has partnered with the City of Whitehorse to host the Indoor Community Garage Sale! Keep perfectly good items out of the landfill by repairing them or using them for longer!

Want to sign up to be a vendor? Head over to City of Whitehorse’s Community Garage Sale webpage and register before May 10th!

Zero Waste Yukon is hosting a variety of repair and reuse workshops at the Garage Sale! Check them out below:

Block Printing with Leslie Leong

Bring your old clothes, t-shirts, jackets, pants, skirts, even the kitchen towel will work! Yukon artist Leslie Leong will teach people to print on cloth using lino blocks to make their old clothes new again. Leslie uses old house paint that she found at Yukon Transfer Stations as ink (another sustainability aspect)! Note: smoother cloth items work better.

Computers for Schools Yukon (CFSY)

Need some tech advice? Check out CFSY’s booth! They will be offering general tech support including basic repairs, recommendations or consultations. They may also accept tech donations but if it’s a large amount of items schedule a drop-off appointment at their warehouse.

CFSY is a Federally-funded organization managed by Raven ReCentre. They accept tech donations from governments and individuals and refurbish them so they can be given away or sold to students, teachers, non-profit and First Nation organizations.

ChainWhip Bike Coop

Have a bike in need of a tune-up? Bring it on down to ChainWhip’s booth at the Garage Sale! The Whitehorse Bike Kitchen encourages a do-it-yourself attitude towards bicycle maintenance and repair. We work to enable community members to fix, build and use bike equipment for the purpose of transportation and fun with limited barriers. The Bike Kitchen operates out of ChainWhip, our volunteer run bike repair space. With goals of flipping bikes and connecting community members, we are proud to support the Whitehorse cycling community!  

Feel free to reach out on facebook, instagram, or by email!
Whitehorse Chain Whip Bike Space (FB)
@Chainwhipbikes (insta)
whitehorsebikecoop@gmail.com

Yukonstruct Repair Cafe

Yukonstruct will host mini Repair Cafe where volunteers will help people repair their own broken items, or those that could use some maintenance and TLC. The volunteers can demonstrate and help troubleshoot and repair small electrical appliances (like toasters, blenders, rice cookers, headphones, radios, etc). We also hope to have a sewing machine and show how minor fabric repairs or improvements can made on clothes, boots, etc. In the event you can’t make it to the Indoor Garage Sale, you can come to the full scale Repair Cafe which is held on the last Thursday of each month (6 to 9 pm) in the MakeSpace at Northlight Innovation centre (2180 – 2nd Ave).

Whitehorse Tool Library

The Whitehorse Tool Library (WTL) is a community tool-sharing initiative, in which members can borrow from a variety of tools and equipment for a limited time for their own projects, and then return them to be used by other community-members. The purpose of the project is 3-fold: 1) To increase the accessibility of these tools, particularly for people who do not have the financial means to purchase the tools themselves or who have limited space to store their own tools; 2) To reduce waste by reducing the need for people to purchase tools themselves, and also be a place where people can donate tools/equipment that is still in working condition; 3) To be a learning space for people to develop their skills related to various types of tool-use. The WTL began as an independent, volunteer-run initiative in 2020 and became a part of Raven ReCentre in April 2024.

Zero Waste Clothing Swap

Zero Waste Yukon is hosting a clothing swap! Bring washed and clean clothing you no longer want to the Garage Sale and swap it out for something new-to-you! All clothing must be washed prior to donating.

Zero Waste Yukon Booth

Have questions about Zero Waste? Want to know what we’re up to this season? Come talk to us at our booth!

Volunteer

We’re looking for volunteers to help us with the clothing swap! Interested in being part of our team for this event? Get in touch with Emily at zwassistant@ravenrecentre.org