Squamish Repair Cafés
Need something fixed? Bring it to the Repair Café where volunteer ‘fixers’ will help you through the repair, for free! From holes in shirts and carpentry advice to fixing electrical appliances and more.
2025 dates:
April 5 from 10 am to 2 pm at The 55 Activity Centre
What you can bring:
– Small appliances and electronics repair (toasters, blenders, alarm clocks, lamps, etc.)
– Furniture (broken stools, chairs, picture frames, etc.)
– Sewing, patching holes and tears in shirts and jeans, hemming, sewing on buttons, etc.
– Bikes
– Jewelry (missing clasps, broken necklaces or earrings)
– Extension cords that need new ends or wire repairs
– Tools that need a new cord or handle
– Cordless tools that need to be fixed
– Wooden boxes that need pieces put back on
– Toys and board games
New: TINKERbell Station for Kids
The TINKERbell Station will be available for kids to take stuff apart & learn how it works, build original creations, or just tinker! The idea is to give young people a safe place to see what is inside that alarm clock or wiring (nothing will be plugged in) and then if they want, can create art out of it (or just tinker around). We are very excited about this as we want to help empower youth to think outside of the throwaway culture that we live in today.
Learn more about the Repair Café movement and how to organize a Repair Café in your town or city: www.repaircafe.org
A Repair Café event is designed for the community to meet and bring their broken possessions to be fixed by a group of local volunteers. It’s about repairing together, learning from each other, and promoting a more sustainable approach to our belongings. Plus, it’s free of charge!
Need something fixed? This Repair Café will have fixers who can help with the following areas/items:
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Sewing and mending clothes, patching holes and tears, sewing on buttons, and restitching
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Bike repairs and tune-ups
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Furniture repairs
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Small appliances and electronics
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Eyecare fixes
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Jewelry repairs
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General carpentry
Please ensure that the clothes you bring are clean. Our sewing team is always in high demand, so we kindly ask that you limit yourself to three textile or clothing items.
Please be reminded that you are expected to stay while your item is being repaired.
Interested in Volunteering? Contact zerowaste@squamish.ca
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