Zero Waste Yukon is gearing up for its seventh annual indoor community garage sale and repair café.

This year’s event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Canada Games Centre flexi-hall.

“This year’s sale has sold out earlier than ever before,” said Ira Webb, Zero Waste Yukon’s program co-ordinator.

“It has really become a highly anticipated wintertime event. With close to 1,000 attendees and over 40 vendors each year, we’re highlighting the tremendous value of the local reuse economy.”

Once again, Yukonstruct will host a special edition repair café in tandem with the sale.

Attendees can bring small home electronics such as toasters or vacuums and perform their own basic repairs with the help of skilled technicians.

In addition, experts from Computers for Schools Yukon will be there offering advice and technical support to anyone having computer issues.

“We are pleased to partner with Zero Waste Yukon again,” said Glenn Piwowar, the president of Yukonstruct.

“Our popular monthly repair café program promotes the circular economy and seems an excellent complement to the events they host.”

By popular demand, this year’s repair café will include a dedicated textile repair component.

Local volunteers will be offering basic textile repair assistance to interested participants.

Attendees are encouraged to bring an article of clothing in need of repair to the event where they can work with volunteers to learn basic repair skills such as darning, patching and stitching. Sewing machines will also be available for more complex repairs.

As Zero Waste Yukon begins work on a Yukon circular economy strategy, it hopes that highlighting opportunities in the reuse economy will spur even more reuse and repair initiatives in Whitehorse and other Yukon communities.

Saturday’s attendees are encouraged to walk, bike or take public transit to the event and to bring their own reusable bags.