Events › Repair Cafe - Toss it? No way!

Repair Café Silicon Valley will be at the Saratoga Library offering free repairs and repair advice on a first come, first served basis. This community service organization is dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods. Repair Cafe will bring tools, materials, and volunteer experts to help you make any repairs you need on clothes, furniture, small appliances, bicycles, crockery, electronics, lamps, toys, and more. Their goal is to extend the life of everyday items and to teach you how to fix things yourselves.

To cut down on unnecessary waiting times during busy periods, one broken item per person will be examined. After that, you can join the back of the line if you have a second item for repair.

For this session, the following repairs and maintenance will be offered:

• Small Electrical Appliances: Troubleshoot and fix basic household appliance problems such as frayed wires, corroded battery contacts, jammed printers
  
• Small Non-electrical Items: Troubleshoot and fix basic non-electrical items such as mechanical tools, jewelry clasps, loose screws, broken knobs
• Bike Repair Diagnosis & Education: Bike fitting, adjustment and repair including troubleshooting and fixing flat tires, kick stands, brakes, shifters, tightening seats and baskets as supplies and tools allow
• Clothes Mending: Simple tasks such as sewing on loose buttons, ripped seams, and patching holes
  

Repair Cafe - Silicon Valley volunteers will be helping. Volunteers will do their best to fix items and provide advice.

For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+ days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@lib.sccgov.org.