A Repair Café with Deschutes Public Library

On Wednesday, we had our final Repair Café of the year. For this one, we were glad to partner with Deschutes Public Library, and hold it at Redmond Proficiency Academy.

We once again broke our most recent Redmond Repair Café record with more than 55 attendees and over 70 items at this one. We saw a diverse range of answers for how folks heard about it: from Facebook, to the paper, to utility mailer, email, library, friends, mother, KTVZ news, newsletter, on line, Bend Buzz, Gear Fix email, and a few more word of mouth or referrals. If you’ve been to one in the past, or shared the word about it, thank you!

A big thanks again to our awesome fixer volunteers, who quite simply make these events possible. Our goal with putting these events together, and holding them somewhere regularly, is to create a repair culture here in Central Oregon. While Repair Cafés are an international concept, and the first one was held by Martine Postma in Amsterdam in 2009, the shared goals are extending the life of broken items –keeping them out of the landfill and avoiding the new to buy new things – along with community and skill building for everyone involved.

Below I’ve included a recap in numbers, comments, and photos. I think one comment in particular from a first-timer sums up these events best: “I didn’t expect it to be so much fun!” 😄

By the numbers

• 55+ attendees
• 70+ items

In their own words

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In Photos

A big thanks again to everyone who attended and made this another successful and fun event!

If you like fixing things and would like to volunteer, you can fill out the fixer form. If you or a community group are interested in partnering with us for next year, please reach out. Our new Program Coordinator, Naomi Serio, will be leading these events next year, and you can reach her at naomi@envirocenter.org.