Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:45

Anything Broken and Small Enough to Carry: Schuylerville Public Library Hosts Repair Café

SCHUYLERVILLE — What do you do with a broken toaster? Or with a lamp that won’t work? Or with a favorite shirt that is ripped? Toss it? No way! Schuylerville Public Library is organizing its second Repair Café from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. 

Various volunteer repair experts will be available to help make all possible repairs free of charge. Most tools and materials will also be on hand. 

People visiting the Repair Café will bring along their broken items from home. Limit of two items per person.  Small appliances, lamps, hair dryers, radios, clothes, toys... anything that is broken and small enough to carry is welcome and can more than likely be repaired. The Repair Café specialists almost always have the know-how.

Interested in volunteering for this event, as a repairer? Contact Caitlin Johnson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Repair Café concept arose in the Netherlands, in 2009, and was formulated by Martine Postma, at the time an Amsterdam-based journalist/publicist. In 2010, she started the Repair Café Foundation (see Repaircafe.org). This foundation provides support to local groups around the world wishing to start their own Repair Café. The foundation also supports the Repair Café in the Schuylerville Public Library.

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