Repair Café Silicon Valley

Volunteer Opportunities

We have a role to match your skills and interests! 

General Fixer
Love solving puzzles? Tackle repairs on small appliances, lamps, toys, basic electronics, and oddball items. We’ll match you to repairs you’re comfortable with, and there’s always another Fixer nearby to consult.
 
Textile Fixer
Mend seams and hems, replace zippers, patch denim, reattach buttons, and coach clients on care and simple hand‑stitches. Bring your favorite kit; we’ll provide tables, power, and bins of notions.
 
Jewelry Fixer
Bend and reshape components, replace clasps and jump rings, re-string beads, glue simple breaks, and make small adjustments to restore wearability.
 
Bike Fixer
Fix flats, adjust brakes, grease chains, and tighten seats. We’ll make the bike safe to ride and refer complex jobs to an LBS.
 
Coordinator
Keep the event humming—greet clients, manage intake and forms, direct flow between triage and workstations, post signage, and help with setup/teardown. No repair experience needed.
 
Student Apprentice
Repair Café’s apprentice program pairs students with experienced fixers for practical experience in electronics and mechanical repairs. To participate, you must be over 16 years old and a currently enrolled student (high school or college).

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Transform your time into a donation!

Many employers match volunteer time with monetary donations. Does yours? Repair Café Silicon Valley is registered with Benevity. If your company uses a different platform, please let us know and we’ll happily sign up.

Upcoming Events

Hacker Dojo in Mountain View

Sunday, March 29th, 2026

11 AM to 3 PM

We are partnering with Hacker Dojo in Mountain View for a fun community repair event.

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Planning Team – Virtual Meeting

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

7 PM

Interested in helping shape the future of Repair Café Silicon Valley? Join our monthly planning meeting where we review recent events, plan new events, and discuss new ideas to improve our programs and outreach. New volunteers are always welcome.

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Spring Garden Fair

Saturday, April 11th, 2026

9 AM to 2 PM

We’re excited to again partner with Master Gardeners at their Spring Garden Fair! This is a “pop-up” repair event that is typically smaller then our library events.

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Mountain View Earth and Arbor Day Festival

Saturday, April 18th, 2026

11 AM to 3 PM

Repair Café will have a table at to demonstrate simple repairs and share information about our community repair events. We’re looking for a few volunteers who enjoy talking with the public and helping spread the word about what we do. (This is not a repair event, but we will have a few items on hand for demonstration purposes.)

We are dividing the day into two shifts so volunteers will also have time to explore the festival.

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City of Palo Alto Earth Day Festival

Sunday, April 19th, 2026

1 PM to 4 PM

Repair Café will have a table at to demonstrate simple repairs and share information about our community repair events. We’re looking for a few volunteers who enjoy talking with the public and helping spread the word about what we do. (This is not a repair event, but we will have a few items on hand for demonstration purposes.)

We are dividing the day into two shifts so volunteers will also have time to explore the festival.

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Morgan Hill Community Earth Day Festival

Saturday, April 25th, 2026

9 AM to 2 PM

Repair Café will have a table at to demonstrate simple repairs and share information about our community repair events. We’re looking for a few volunteers who enjoy talking with the public and helping spread the word about what we do.

 

While this is not being advertised as a repair event, we will likely have a few people bring items to us. We’re looking for a couple of fixers to be on hand with basic tools for demonstrations and simple repairs. This is also a great opportunity to recruit volunteers for upcoming Morgan Hill and Gilroy events.

We are dividing the day into two shifts so volunteers will also have time to explore the festival.

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Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto

Sunday, April 26th, 2026

11 AM to 3 PM

The location where it all started! Calling all volunteers to one of our biggest events of the year.

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Tzu Chi USA (San Jose)

Sunday, May 3rd, 2026

11 AM to 3 PM

One of our biggest events ever was our inaugural Repair Café with Tzu Chi in January. Want to be part of the next one? Sign up to help us repair all the things.

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Sunnyvale Library

Saturday, May 9th, 2026

11 AM to 3 PM

We are back at the Sunnyvale Library and need your help. Sign up to volunteer.

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BSD Annual Cleanup

Saturday, May 16th, 2026

7 AM to 11 AM

We’re excited to be back at the BSD Annual Cleanup event! This is a “pop-up” event where we will be offering repairs on items that people might otherwise throw away at the community cleanup day. It is typically smaller then our library events, but we see an interesting variety of items.

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Ongoing Opportunities

  • Want to see a Repair Café near you? Help organize one! Contact us and we’ll show you how to get started.

  • Like organizing? Put your skills to the test as a Trailer Captain who will be obsessive about getting supplies back in the right place after events. Bonus points if you can tow the trailer to events!

  • Can you code? Help build a kick-ass system for checking in guests at our events and matching them with Fixers. This is Silicon Valley after all, we should be living in the future.

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