COLRAIN — With the fourth installment of Colrain Fix-It Day, Griswold Memorial Library board of trustees Chair Nancy Rich Turkle says organizers are “reviving the noble act of repair.”

Fix-It Day will be held at the library on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day will be filled with free workshops, demonstrations, hands-on trainings and, of course, lots of fixers ready to lend a hand in repairing all types of broken items.

Locals can bring broken small appliances, bicycles, lamps or furniture to be repaired. People will be on hand with sewing machines for mending and darning clothes.

Dull knives can be sharpened, back by popular demand. House plants in need of some tender love and care are also accepted on Fix-It Day, and weed wacker restringing services will be offered.

Not only is Fix-It Day designed to keep broken items out of a landfill and make them useful again, it is also a way to bring people together, Rich Turkle explained. Along with repairs, the Colrain Firefighters’ Association will sell hot dogs and hamburgers, and Mohawk Trail Regional School District Superintendent Sheryl Stanton will perform folk music with her band 133 Skeele.

Rich Turkle said the event shines a spotlight on Colrain residents who like to repair things, with community members exhibiting a wide range of skills drawing from different professions.

“It is fun watching all the fixers putting their heads together and working on things,” Rich Turkle said.

New to this year’s event is loads of raffle prizes. Some of the prizes include a children’s bicycle that was found at the Colrain Transfer Station and repaired by Bicycle World in Greenfield. Also to be raffled off is an upcycled meat grinder lamp crafted by a local artist, a cat puppet made from upcycled sweaters and a wooden toolbox made by carpenter Scott Barrows.

Kathryn Swanson of Swanson’s Fabrics will lead a braid-in rug workshop. People will learn the technique of braid-in rug making, a method that requires no sewing, and will work collaboratively to make a large rug as a community.

Franklin Regional Council of Governments public health nurses will also be in attendance to spray people’s shoes with tick repellent.

Ben Eastman, Selectboard chair and owner of the Ben’s Repair automotive repair shop, will be giving a “motor talk” and answering questions about small motor repairs.

“These fixers are amazing,” Rich Turkle said. “They find innovative ways to fix things and keep them alive.”

In the event of rain, a cancellation will be announced on the town website.

Reach Bella Levavi at 413-930-4579 or blevavi@recorder.com.