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Join us by bringing your broken items to be repaired or by volunteering. Repair Café is a meeting place that's all about repairing things (together).

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 landfills. At a Repair Café, you’ll find tools and materials to help make repairs you need on clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, kitchen appliances, toys, etc. You’ll also find expert volunteers with repair skills in all kinds of fields.

10/21/2026

Our first-ever Repair Café at the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center was a great one! 🔧♻️🌈

Here’s what we accomplished together:

🚶 61 visitors
🛠️ 91 items checked in
✅ 58 fixed on the spot
🔍 15 diagnosed
🙌 34 volunteers

Thank you to our volunteers for bringing their time, tools, and skills, and to everyone who came out with something to repair. Special thanks to the DeFrank Center for hosting us!

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10/13/2026

Another great family Repair Café at Maker Nexus! 🔧♻️
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Thank you to Maker Nexus for sponsoring the event, hosting us, and keeping everyone fed while the repairs were underway. We really appreciate the support!
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Here’s what we accomplished together:
🚶 60 visitors
🛠️ 80 items checked in
✅ 51 fixed on the spot
🔍 11 diagnosed
🙌 35 volunteers
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A huge thank you to our volunteers for sharing their time, skills, and expertise, and to everyone who brought something in for repair.
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And thank you to Simra P. for capturing the day in photos! 📸
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Every repair helps keep useful things in service longer and out of the landfill. 💙🧡
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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10/12/2026

Our first Repair Café at Santa Clara's Northside Branch Library packed a lot into just two hours! 🔧♻️
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In a short evening session, our volunteers worked on 83 items — a great turnout for our first event at this location.
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Here’s what we accomplished:
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🚶 57 visitors
🛠️ 83 items checked in
✅ 46 fixed on the spot
🔍 12 diagnosed
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A big thank you to Santa Clara City Library for hosting us, to our volunteers for keeping things moving, and to everyone who came out with something to fix.
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Should we do it again at Northside Branch? Let us know in the comments.
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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10/07/2026

Another great day of fixing at Saratoga Library! 🔧♻️
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Thank you to Saratoga Library for hosting us, and to everyone who brought something in for repair.
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Here’s what we accomplished together:
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🚶 124 clients
🛠️ 177 items checked in
✅ 102 fixed on the spot
🔍 31 diagnosed
🙌 34 volunteers
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A huge thank you to our volunteers for sharing their time, tools, and expertise. With more than 100 items fixed in a single event, a lot of useful stuff is heading back home instead of toward the landfill. Special thanks to Olivia C for the pictures this week.
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Thanks, Saratoga! We’ll see you at the next Repair Café. 💙🧡
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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10/05/2026

It was a hot one at the Fall Garden Fair! 🌱🔧☀️
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We spent the day out in the garden at Martial Cottle Park, fixing alongside the Fall Garden Fair — in temperatures that reached about 100°F.
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Despite the heat, our volunteers kept the repairs going:
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🚶 29 clients
🛠️ 41 items checked in
✅ 22 fixed on the spot
🔍 9 diagnosed
🙌 9 volunteers
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A huge thank you to our volunteers for sticking it out in the heat and sharing their time and skills, and to UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County for having us as part of the event.
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Every fix helps keep useful items in service longer and out of the landfill. ♻️
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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09/29/2026

Another big day of fixing at Hacker Dojo! 🔧♻️
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Thank you to Hacker Dojo for hosting us in Mountain View, and to everyone who came out with something that needed a second chance.
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Here’s what we accomplished together:
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🚶 114 clients served
🛠️ 171 items checked in
✅ 93 fixed on the spot
🔍 24 diagnosed
🙌 41 amazing volunteers
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A huge thank you to our volunteers for sharing their time, tools, skills, and expertise. Events like this only happen because of the people who show up ready to help their neighbors repair instead of replace. And special thanks to Olivia Chen for the photos.
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Thanks, Mountain View! We’ll see you at the next Repair Café. 💙🧡
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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09/28/2026

Thank you to Rinconada Library for hosting us again, and to everyone who stopped by with something that needed a little help.
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Here’s what we accomplished together:
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🚶 65 clients served
🛠️ 100 items checked in
✅ 39 fixed on the spot
🔍 9 diagnosed
🙌 21 amazing volunteers
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A huge thank you to our volunteers for sharing their time, tools, skills, and patience. Every repair — and every diagnosis that helps someone take the next step — keeps useful things in service longer.
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Thanks, Palo Alto! We’ll see you at the next Repair Café. 💙🧡
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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09/21/2026

Gilroy, thank you for another great day of fixing! 🔧♻️
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We had a wonderful time at the Gilroy Library this Saturday, helping our neighbors give their broken items a second chance!
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Here’s what we accomplished together:
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🚶 64 visitors
🛠️ 94 items checked in
✅ 61 fixed on the spot
🔍 14 diagnosed
🙌 23 amazing volunteers
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A huge thank you to the Gilroy Library for hosting us and to our incredible volunteers for sharing their time, skills, and expertise. And thank you to everyone who brought something in for repair!
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Every successful fix means one less item in the landfill and one more opportunity to keep using the things we already own. 💙🧡
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See you at the next Repair Café!
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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09/17/2026

What a great day of fixing at West Valley College! 🔧♻️
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A huge thank you to West Valley College and the West Valley College Democracy Institute for hosting us once again and helping bring free repairs to the community!
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Here’s what we accomplished together:
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🚶 101 clients served
🛠️ 136 items brought in
✅ 79 items fixed
🔍 14 items diagnosed
🙌 26 amazing volunteers
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Thank you to our incredible volunteer fixers for sharing your time, tools, and expertise, and to everyone who brought something in for repair. Every item we fix is one more item that gets a chance at a longer life!
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See you at the next Repair Café! 💙🧡
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Find upcoming events at repaircafesv.org
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09/14/2026

Our first Repair Café in Morgan Hill is in the books! 🎉
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A huge thank you to Morgan Hill Library for welcoming us and helping make our first event there such a success.
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👥 69 customers
🛠️ 103 items brought in
✅ 65 items fixed
🔍 17 items diagnosed
🙌 33 volunteers
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We loved meeting so many new faces in Morgan Hill and seeing our volunteers put their skills to work. We’re looking forward to coming back!
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Address

350 W 6th St
Gilroy, CA
95020

Website

http://repaircafesv.org/

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