Repair Café Palo Alto
In 1960, each person in the US generated 2.68 pounds of waste per day.  By 2000, the average was 4.65 pounds per day. We all have something that no longer works, that we still need. We can throw it out and buy a new one, stick it in the garage, pay to get it fixed, or fix it ourselves.

The Repair Café Palo Alto is a volunteer-run, community service dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods rather than dumping them in landfill.
 
The first Repair Café started in Amsterdam in 2009, now there are over 1,500 Repair Cafés around the world.  The Repair Café Palo Alto is affiliated with the Repair Café Foundation in the Netherlands. We are the first Repair Café to become operational in the United States.  (Although we are affiliated with the Repair Café  Foundation, we are self-funded and operate independently.)  Learn more about the Repair Café Foundation in the Netherlands: www.repaircafe.org
Join us! Bring your broken items to our quarterly “cafes” or volunteer to help others repair things.

Repair Cafe Volunteers in the community
Big thanks to volunteers Todd and Sandy Smith and their work with Ecumenical Hunger Program. Their wonderful work fixing EHP donations was highlighted in the EHP Cares Summer 2019 newsletter!

APRIL 28, 2019 SPRING WAS IN THE AIR
We repaired more than 210 items. Highlights incluDed: A Cuckoo clock that wouldn't sing, A trike that made too much noise, we "debugged" paintings  and repaired Spider and Dinosaur toys.

Great event AT STANFORD!
JUNE 2 , 2019
nearly 50 people came to Stanford'S HAAS CENTER. our  talented volunteers repairED electronics, bikes and lots of clothing and backpacks. The sewing machineS ran at top speed the entire time!

REI offers Free bike clinics

The REI store in Mountain View offers a variety of free bike clinics. Click here to learn more.
Share your favorite ways to reuse and recycle!
Join our Facebook page: Repair Cafe Palo Alto and let us know about  efforts and organizations who are committed to helping reduce our "contributions" to landfill. Supporting these groups adds to their effectiveness. Great examples are Recology and Fabmo these organizations recycle and repurpose materials,  offer materials and training for working artists.
2020 Dates
- Jauary 26
- May 3
- August 2
- October 4

All events run from 11 am to 3pm

Location:
Museum of American Heritage
351 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto 94301

Other local repair events:
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Repair Café Mountain View
Contact: Maia - maia.coladonato@gmail.com

Sunday, November 3, 12 to 4 pm
Santa Clara City Library on Homestead - 2635 Homestead Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Sunday, December  8, Noon to 4 pm
Sunnyvale PL - 665 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Fixit Clinics:
2019-02-02 East Palo Alto Library 
2019-02-09 Castro Valley Library https://www.facebook.com/events/295101681352342/
2019-03-02 Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch, Berkeley Public Library    https://www.facebook.com/events/1928382423947452/
2019-03-30 South San Francisco Public Library https://www.facebook.com/events/748830518816528/
2019-04-28 Dublin Library
2019-05-18 Newark Library    

Also check out Transitions Palo Alto for lots of great weekly community-building events

KPIX visits the Repair Cafe in February:

iFixit joined us and filmed this:
Repair Café thanks GREENWASTE for donation of a new tools and supplies trailer.​