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.

Hearts aglow!
lamp owners seemed to come out in force at our latest event on Sunday, January 27th. And, thanks to all of our efforts, there were a lot more well-lit homes on Sunday night. We had over 128 people show up with 182 items, and it went very smoothly. We had a fixed/partially fixed rate of 73%. The young boy who had shown up with two broken hoverboards hovered by the front desk to say thanks as he floated out the gate.

Great event AT STANFORD!
December 2 , 2018
nearly 100 people came to Stanford to have our  talented volunteers repair electronics, bikes and lots of clothing and backpacks. The sewing machine 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!
Please feel free to pass along efforts and organizations who are committed to helping reduce our "contributions" to landfill. Supporting these groups adds to their effectiveness. One great example is Recology, an organization that recycles materials,  offers internships, tours, and working space for artists.
Cheers,
sueppr1@gmail.com
2019 Events

- January 27
- April 28
- July 28
- October 27 [Note new date]

All events run from 11 am to 3pm

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

Other local repair events:

Stanford University
Saturday,  March 3, 11 am - 3 pm
Haas Center

Repair Café Mountain View
Contact: Maia - maia.coladonato@gmail.com
Saturday,  March 23, 11 am - 3 pm
MV Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040
Saturday,  May 11, 11 - 3 pm
Sunnyvale PL - 665 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Saturday,  August 24, 11 am - 3 pm 
MV Senior Center 266 Escuela Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040
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.​