Repair Café Silicon Valley is a volunteer-run, community service organization dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods rather than dumping them in landfill. Join us by bringing your broken items to be repaired or by volunteering.
Repair Café is a free event all about repairing things (together). We have tools, materials, and volunteer experts to help you make any repairs you need on clothes, furniture, small appliances, bicycles, crockery, electronics, lamps, toys, and lots more. Our goal is to extend the life of everyday items and keep them out of the landfill.
Repair Café Silicon Valley started over ten years ago as separate organizations in Palo Alto and Mountain View and has grown to encompass all of Santa Clara Valley. Interested in hosting an event near you? Get in touch and we’ll help you get set up.
Did you know that Repair Café Palo Alto was the first one in the United States? Learn more about the history of the international Repair Café movement.
Bring it to a Repair Café! Our volunteers love a challenge so if you can carry it in we’ll do our best to get it back in service for you. We have electronics experts who love to solder, woodworkers who love to glue, sewing experts who love to stitch, and bike mechanics who love to grease things.
Sometimes we can fix it, sometimes we can identify the problem and send you home with a plan, and sometimes it may be time to recycle an item. But we’ll have a good time and know we are helping the environment by extending the life of the things we love.
Experienced tinkerer? Born organizer? Just want to learn? You can help, even if you’ve never used a screwdriver before you can make a difference.
Sign up and help us save the planet one repair at a time. We are always looking for people who can troubleshoot and repair, help organize events, or even work on this website. Want to learn how to repair? Come hang out and shadow a fixer at our next event.
Students: ask about our apprentice program! We’ll pair you up with an experienced fixer who will help you build your troubleshooting skills.
Partners
MOAH has provided us with the perfect venue for hosting Repair Cafés in Palo Alto over the years. We thank MOAH staff and board members for their help and support in growing this community event.
Zero Waste Palo Alto’s mission is to help the community reach its Zero Waste goal of virtually eliminating waste being burned or buried. ZWPA supports the Repair Café through generous Waste Reduction Project Fund grants and on-going community outreach.
Saturday, October 5th, 9 AM to 2 PM
Join us at the Master Gardener’s Fall Garden Fair, part of the Martial Cottle Park Fall Festival, where our volunteers will be fixing things for free. Keeping with the theme of the event we’ll focus on fixing garden related items, but feel free to bring anything from around the house for us to look at.
More information about the event is available at the Master Gardener’s website.
Martial Cottle Park is located at 5283 Snell Ave in San Jose.
Saturday, October 19th, 11 AM to 3 PM
Help spread the word, Repair Café is coming to Monterey County! Their first event will be at the Old Town Hall in Del Rey Park, details are available on the city website.
Sunday, October 27th, 11 AM to 3 PM
Repair Café is returning to the Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave
Mountain View, CA 94040. Everyone is welcome to bring items to repair.
Be the first to know about upcoming Repair Café events throughout Silicon Valley.