How Repair Café Palo Alto Works

We hold Repair Café events periodically.  Bring your broken things and work with our repair volunteers to assess what it would take to repair them.  You can work with our volunteers to do the repairs yourself (with their guidance) or have them tackle the job directly.  With luck, you’ll walk away with a once-again useful item and some knowledge of how to repair other things in your universe.  For more information, click the button below.
Repair Café Palo Alto

Who We Are

The Repair Café Palo Alto, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Palo Alto, CA.  It was founded by Peter Skinner, Bob Wenzlau, John Eaton, Libby Dame and Marie Earl.  You can reach us here.  To see media coverage about our Repair Café and the world-wide Repair Café movement, click here.
Our Partners and Sponsors

The generous support by local business and resources have enabled us to host our events.  We are deeply indebted to two organizations in particular:
The Museum of American Heritage​
MOAH has provided us with the perfect venue for hosting a Repair Café.  MOAH staff and board members have been instrumental in helping us launch this community event.  

Hassett Hardware 
Hassett Hardware (formerly Palo Alto Ace Hardware) is the ideal partner for the Repair Café.  The  store has offered enthusiastic staff and supplies for both the planning and execution of our Repair Café events.  

We also are actively supported by the following groups:

Transition Palo Alto​
Transition Palo Alto is part of a world-wide grassroots movement to build local resilience and connections close to home. Since 2010, we’ve been mounting creative and thoughtful responses to the challenges of resource depletion, climate change, and economic instability.​

Peet's Coffee & Teas and the House of Bagels
Both Peet's and the House of Bagels generously donate coffee, bagels and supplies to our Repair Café events.  Please show your appreciation to them for their contributions!