"Never take broken for an answer" Following the Ifixit motto, the Repair Café Volunteers will do their best to bring your beloved items back to life... with your help! Registration opens March 9th.
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So, what is this all about?
Repair Café's are free meeting spaces where people fix things together. Besides the obvious money saving, RC's have multiple benefits, from keeping stuff out of the landfill, to promoting collaboration, skill-sharing and community self-reliance, as well as supporting Evanston's Climate Action and Resilience Plan, just to name a few.
If you are curious about this, we recommend that you head down to your basement, closet or storage area and grab that broken item that has been there for ages, but which you could not bring yourself to throw away (remember, there is no "away"!).
Next, sign up TO ONE time slot that matches the type or repair you need. Once at the Repair Café, one of our Expert Repair volunteers will work with you to diagnose, try to fix and/or recommend next steps and needed spare parts for your item. Remember that our ultimate mission is to empower you to take on repair, so come ready to collaborate and learn!
If you already know what is wrong with your item, bring any necessary spare parts to maximize the chances of getting it repaired on-site!
These are the repair categories available (check the current event for updated info):
Co-sponsored with Citizens' Greener Evanston. We are grateful to the Evanston Repair Café volunteers and Wheel & Sprocket, for their expertise, time and support.
WHEN? Every 2nd Saturday of EVEN months (February, April, June, August, October, December)
WHERE? Robert Crown Community Center Lobby
REGISTER WILL OPEN A MONTH PRIOR TO THE EVENT DATE.
Questions? Bea at becheverria@cityofevanston.org
EVENT TYPE: | STEM & Maker | Environment and Ecology | Community Engagement |
TAGS: | repair cafe | repair | fixit |
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