Repair Economy Events

Posted on November 8, 2020 by admin

	May 2025
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				1 (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library May 1, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Fix-it Nights are free, community-based events where community members come together for the fun of taking stuff apart and putting it back together again. Learn more here: https://tacomatoollibrary.org/fix-it-nights/ Questions?: email repair@tacomatoollibrary.org See more details •	2	3 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 3, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details •
4 (Mercer Is.) King Co. Repair Event (Mercer Is.) King Co. Repair Event May 4, 2025 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA At free community repair events, skilled volunteer "fixers" try to repair and mend your small household and personal items. To bring in an item to be looked at, at King County's free community repair events: First come, first served. When people bring second items, we will try to get to those after we have worked on everyone's first items. Contact event coordinator Tom at tom.watson@kingcounty.gov or at 206-477-4481, if you're not sure if your item is a good choice for these events, or if you have any other questions. Items our fixers can potentially work on at these repair events include household and personal items that are small enough to be carried in by one person, including certain electronics, small furniture, and clothing/textiles. Items brought in for repair, including clothing, must be clean. We may decline to work on any item - in advance or at the event - depending on the item, the type of repair needed, the fixers available, or for other reasons. Items we can’t work on include: Anything that uses gasoline; cell phones; microwaves. Also, no lengthy reconstructive repairs; no major clothing alterations; no knife or tool sharpening. ................................................... For many types of items, area businesses offer professional repair services for a fee. These businesses are listed in the King County repair businesses directory, which has 18 different categories. Support those businesses, if you can! Program partners include: King County Library System; the Bellevue-based Chinese youth organization Little Masters Club ; and Bellevue-based Indian American Community Services . Thanks everyone for your support of repair events, which reduce waste and conserve resources! See more details •	5	6 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 6, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove May 6, 2025 10:30 am - 2:30 pm The Cove, 206 S Glover St, Twisp, WA 98856, USA Bike repair and maintenance brought to you by Methow Valley Bike Shack @ The Cove A place for Valley cyclists – regardless of prior bike repair experience - to work on their adult or kids bikes with a knowledgeable bike mechanic. The space is equipped with bike repair tools and parts and a bike repair work stand. We can also help you repair or teach you how to repair almost any system (brake, drive train, etc.) on your bike with the exception of hydraulic brakes and /or air / oil suspension forks and shocks. The Bike Shack hours are: Tuesdays 10:30am to 2:30pm You can work on your bike by appointment during the Bike Shack’s open hours. To make an appointment or ask questions contact us at: methowvalleybikeshack@gmail.com. We will reply to confirm the appointment or answer your questions. See more details (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details • • •	7 (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Seattle) PNA Fixers @ Greenwood Hardware (Seattle) PNA Fixers @ Greenwood Hardware May 7, 2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stop by the Phinney Neighborhood Fixers monthly Repair Café to get assistance fixing your small household items! They'll be meeting every 1st Wednesday of the month in the Greenwood True Value parking lot while the weather is nice. When the days grow shorter, cooler, and rainier, they'll move inside the back of the store (times will also adjust to "winter hours" of 4-6). If you have questions about a repair, you can reach out to the Fixers via their repair support Google Group See more details (Tacoma) Knee Patches Workshop w/ Remakery Tacoma (Tacoma) Knee Patches Workshop w/ Remakery Tacoma May 7, 2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Located on the 2nd Floor of the TPL Main Branch in the Community Hub Brought to you by The Remakery! Bring your pants that need a patch or give your pants a new look. We will be focusing on adding a large knee patch with a running stitch edge. Think of the type of knees a Carhartt pant would have. However, all the tools and resources will be there if you want to work on a different style patch. Update your jeans, reinforce work pants, make a one-of-a-kind pant, repair your stuff. All the materials, tools, machines and resources will be available. This is a free workshop that is open to all ages. All you need to bring are the pants to alter. Project is good for anyone that can confidently use a needle and thread. Sewing machines are always available if you feel so inclined. Materials are 100% post-consumer, meaning we use only reclaimed, recycled, or donated things. https://www.remakerytacoma.org/events See more details (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library May 7, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106, USA Hosted by West Seattle Tool Library Blender busted? Computer kaput? Weedeater wrecked? Whatever’s broken, don’t let it keep gathering dust in the corner – bring it down to the workshop, each Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30! Use the tools and facilities of the shop and pick our librarians’ brains to get your damaged equipment back in the action. Availability is first-come-first-served. This workshop is provided free of charge, though donations are appreciated! We ask that all items brought for repair be of reasonable size. We are unable to service pressure vessels, refrigeration equipment, firearms, and high-voltage electrical components. See the following for more details! https://www.wstools.org/events See more details (Cashmere) Repair Café w/ Waste Loop (Cashmere) Repair Café w/ Waste Loop May 7, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Eastside Rebuild - 101e Railroad Ave, Cashmere, WA 98815, USA Do you have items that need fixing? What about skills or tools that could help fix things? Or do you want to learn some new DIY repair skills? Join us at the Repair Café! Repair Cafes are a community space which brings together skilled volunteer fixers and items that need repair, including textiles, small electronics and appliances, bicycles, and more. These events foster community, reduce waste, and build up the circular economy in NCW. Hosted by Waste Loop every 1st Wednesday of the month! Questions?: email Amanda - contact@wasteloop.org https://www.wasteloop.org/community-repair-cafes See more details • • • • •	8 (Spokane) Repair Café Spokane (Spokane) Repair Café Spokane May 8, 2025 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm South Perry Farmers Market, 924 S Perry St, Spokane, WA 99202, USA Repair Café Spokane can be found every 2nd Thursday at the Perry Street Farmers Market, between 3pm and 7pm beginning May through October. We will have repair experts on-hand to help you fix, mend (clean clothes), tune-up or troubleshoot your broken or damaged household items. https://www.repaircafe.org/en/cafe/spokane-repair-cafe-wa/ See more details (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library May 8, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Fix-it Nights are free, community-based events where community members come together for the fun of taking stuff apart and putting it back together again. Learn more here: https://tacomatoollibrary.org/fix-it-nights/ Questions?: email repair@tacomatoollibrary.org See more details • •	9 (Bremerton) Mending Meetup @ The People's Exchange (Bremerton) Mending Meetup @ The People's Exchange May 9, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 639 N Callow Ave, Bremerton, WA 98312, USA A social skill share hosted by the People's Exchange! Darn your socks Hem your jeans Sew your patches on Replace a strap Glue a sole back on You can be a pro, or you can ask for help, all welcome. Basic supplies are available. To connect or learn more: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557984667553 See more details •	10 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 10, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Ellensburg) Rodeo City Repair Café (Ellensburg) Rodeo City Repair Café May 10, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm IOOF Cemetery Shop, 1900 Brick Rd, Ellensburg, WA 98926, USA Rodeo City Repair Café is a community of volunteers donating their time to help with the repair of household appliances, lamps, tools, furniture, bicycles and clothing, to keep these items in service and reduce landfill waste. Repair staff offer a wide range of repair skills and knowledge and we have a good selection of tools on hand. Our events are held at the IOOF Cemetery Shop on Radio Hill, 1900 N. Brick Rd. in Ellensburg. Our repair services are offered free to community members. We gladly accept donations of money, tools or repair materials. No registration required. Just show up! Learn more at https://www.rcrcellensburg.org/rcrc-home or https://www.facebook.com/RCRCEllensburg/ Questions? Contact Don Shriner at (509) 899-1041, repairplanet1st@gmail.com or Pico Cantieni at (425) 213-3011, pcantieni@gmail.com We are on the lookout for folks who might like to volunteer with our organization. Do you have a knack for troubleshooting and repairing household small appliances, lamps, hand and power tools, furniture, bicycles or clothing and other fabric or leather items? Do you think you might enjoy using your skills to help others solve their fix-it problems? If so, please consider volunteering with us. We don’t ask volunteers to make a long-term time commitment. Participation is on an as-can, as-want basis and we strive for a friendly, relaxed, low-pressure feeling at our events. If you know someone who’s not on our mailing list and might enjoy volunteering with us, please encourage them to come by one of our Second Saturday events and check us out. See more details (Vashon) Spring Fix-it Café (Vashon) Spring Fix-it Café May 10, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Open Space for Arts and Community, 18870 103rd Ave SW, Vashon, WA 98070, USA Hosted by Vashon Makerspace and Zero Waste Vashon Fixers are eager to repair your bicycles, outdoor equipment, lamps, vacuums, fans, chairs, tables, tools, computers, music players, TVs, blenders, toasters, toys, pants, dresses, bags, electronics, and lots more! Fixing and advice are free to the public, but if parts are needed you may be required to acquire them at cost to complete the fix. And donations to the Fix-it Cafe are always appreciated. A Repair Café is a meeting place where people work together, with the help of experienced repair people, to mend broken household items that they bring in. The usual items are electrical appliances, furniture, clothing, toys, or just about anything that you can carry in by yourself. There is no cost, but also no guarantee that your item can be fixed there. You will be expected to participate in the repair or learn how to repair it on your own at home. The emphasis is on community-building, keeping well-loved useful items out of the landfill, and learning how to make repairs on your own. Advance registration required 48 hours before event -https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m4_t7cu_XyAQYuAcUR6KRuuny-VzIhLwr1haxdktruQ/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true Visit https://vashonfixit.com/ to learn more See more details (Shoreline) Community Threads Mending Circle @ Shoreline Tool Library (Shoreline) Community Threads Mending Circle @ Shoreline Tool Library May 10, 2025 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm 16610 Aurora Ave N 16610 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133 FREE The Community Threads mending and sewing circle is a monthly event for anyone to work on their textile projects. There will be sewing machines, fabric, thread and community, as well as hot tea. This will not be a class format, while there will be experienced menders present to offer advice and counsel, this is intended as a co-working space. If you are excited about repair and want to help out with this event or other fixing opportunities, we are looking for more fixers. Let us know by signing up here! Hosted by Seattle REconomy See more details • • • •
11 (Bellingham) NW Free Repair Event (Bellingham) NW Free Repair Event May 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Bellingham Makerspace, 1Bellis, Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Bring in any broken or item that you can comfortably carry. If we can, NW Free Repair will fix if for FREE! The Bellingham Makerspace is proud to host the NW Free Repair group on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday of each month! Who we are We are a group of volunteers who are dedicated to conserving the earth’s resources and decreasing the burden on our overtaxed landfill areas by repairing and rehabilitating broken household items that would otherwise be discarded. For more details please visit: https://bellinghammakerspace.org/events/ or https://nwfreerepairs.wordpress.com/ See more details (Seattle) Community Threads Mending Circle @ NE Seattle Tool Library (Seattle) Community Threads Mending Circle @ NE Seattle Tool Library May 11, 2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm NE Seattle Tool Library, 10228 Fischer Pl NE, Seattle, WA 98125, USA FREE The Community Threads mending and sewing circle is a monthly event for anyone to work on their textile projects. There will be sewing machines, fabric, thread and community, as well as hot tea. This will not be a class format, while there will be experienced menders present to offer advice and counsel, this is intended as a co-working space. If you are excited about repair and want to help out with this event or other fixing opportunities, we are looking for more fixers. Let us know by signing up here! Hosted by Seattle REconomy See more details • •	12	13 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 13, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove May 13, 2025 10:30 am - 2:30 pm The Cove, 206 S Glover St, Twisp, WA 98856, USA Bike repair and maintenance brought to you by Methow Valley Bike Shack @ The Cove A place for Valley cyclists – regardless of prior bike repair experience - to work on their adult or kids bikes with a knowledgeable bike mechanic. The space is equipped with bike repair tools and parts and a bike repair work stand. We can also help you repair or teach you how to repair almost any system (brake, drive train, etc.) on your bike with the exception of hydraulic brakes and /or air / oil suspension forks and shocks. The Bike Shack hours are: Tuesdays 10:30am to 2:30pm You can work on your bike by appointment during the Bike Shack’s open hours. To make an appointment or ask questions contact us at: methowvalleybikeshack@gmail.com. We will reply to confirm the appointment or answer your questions. See more details (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 13, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Bellingham) NW Free Repairs - Repair Workshop (Bellingham) NW Free Repairs - Repair Workshop May 13, 2025 4:30 pm - 6:45 pm Bellingham Public Library - Central Branch, 210 Central Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Bring your broken household items to SkillShare at the Central Library and work with skilled volunteers from NW Free Repairs to learn how to repair them. Volunteers have experience repairing common household items such as toys, small kitchen appliances, electric tools and many other items that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Please note: broken items may not be dropped off to be repaired. Owners may participate in making the repairs with the repair volunteers. For more information about NW Free Repairs, please visit https://nwfreerepairs.wordpress.com/ See more details • • • •	14 (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 14, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library May 14, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106, USA Hosted by West Seattle Tool Library Blender busted? Computer kaput? Weedeater wrecked? Whatever’s broken, don’t let it keep gathering dust in the corner – bring it down to the workshop, each Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30! Use the tools and facilities of the shop and pick our librarians’ brains to get your damaged equipment back in the action. Availability is first-come-first-served. This workshop is provided free of charge, though donations are appreciated! We ask that all items brought for repair be of reasonable size. We are unable to service pressure vessels, refrigeration equipment, firearms, and high-voltage electrical components. See the following for more details! https://www.wstools.org/events See more details • •	15 (Seattle) PNA Fixers @ Crown Hill Tweedy & Popp (Seattle) PNA Fixers @ Crown Hill Tweedy & Popp May 15, 2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tweedy and Popp Hardware Ace Hardware at Crown Hill, 9000 Holman Rd NW, Seattle, WA 98117, USA Stop by the Phinney Neighborhood Fixers monthly Fix-it Repair Café to get assistance fixing your small household items! They'll be meeting every 3rd Thursday of the month (APRIL - SEPTEMBER only) in the parking lot of Tweedy & Popp in Crown Hill while the weather is nice. See more details (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library May 15, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Fix-it Nights are free, community-based events where community members come together for the fun of taking stuff apart and putting it back together again. Learn more here: https://tacomatoollibrary.org/fix-it-nights/ Questions?: email repair@tacomatoollibrary.org See more details • •	16	17 (White Center) King Co. Repair Event (White Center) King Co. Repair Event May 17, 2025 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Steve Cox Memorial Park, 1321 SW 102nd St, Seattle, WA 98146, USA Held in the White Center Fieldhouse at Steve Cox Memorial Park At free community repair events, skilled volunteer "fixers" try to repair and mend your small household and personal items. To bring in an item to be looked at, at King County's free community repair events: First come, first served. When people bring second items, we will try to get to those after we have worked on everyone's first items. Contact event coordinator Tom at tom.watson@kingcounty.gov or at 206-477-4481, if you're not sure if your item is a good choice for these events, or if you have any other questions. Items our fixers can potentially work on at these repair events include household and personal items that are small enough to be carried in by one person, including certain electronics, small furniture, and clothing/textiles. Items brought in for repair, including clothing, must be clean. We may decline to work on any item - in advance or at the event - depending on the item, the type of repair needed, the fixers available, or for other reasons. Items we can’t work on include: Anything that uses gasoline; cell phones; microwaves. Also, no lengthy reconstructive repairs; no major clothing alterations; no knife or tool sharpening. ................................................... For many types of items, area businesses offer professional repair services for a fee. These businesses are listed in the King County repair businesses directory, which has 18 different categories. Support those businesses, if you can! Program partners include: King County Library System; the Bellevue-based Chinese youth organization Little Masters Club ; and Bellevue-based Indian American Community Services . Thanks everyone for your support of repair events, which reduce waste and conserve resources! See more details (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 17, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Everett) SnoCo. Repair Café w/ WSU (Everett) SnoCo. Repair Café w/ WSU May 17, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Washington State University Everett, 915 N Broadway Ave, Everett, WA 98201, USA Brought to you by the Sustainable Community Stewards of WSU Extension Snohomish County Have something you think can be fixed? Or, are you a fixer and like to help others? The Repair Café is here for you! Bring your vacuums, lamps, bikes, jewelry…anything you might have and one of our volunteer fixers will diagnose the issue and do their best to make it usable again. They will show you their process, order parts if necessary, and help you learn how you can do it on your own with videos or one-on-one instruction. Please note: We are unable to fund the cost of any additional parts needed. If a part needs to be purchased our volunteer will contact you to discuss before a part is ordered. Repairs are not guaranteed, and we cannot be held responsible for any damage made in attempt to repair items. These bi-monthly meet-ups take place at locations around Snohomish County. Two item maximum per meeting. An engaging art creation station using recyclable materials is also available for children who come with adults. Accepted items for repair: Bicycles Clothing or fabric goods Clocks Electronics Eyeglasses Furniture or wood items Home decor Jewelry Lamps Sewing machines Small appliances Tools and small engines Vacuums More information can be found at https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/sustainability-stewards/repair-cafe/ For questions, please contact Kellee Byard via email kellee.byard@wsu.edu or phone (425) 357-6027. See more details (Twisp) Repair Café w/ Methow Recyles (Twisp) Repair Café w/ Methow Recyles May 17, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm The Cove - Food Distribution Center, 206 Glover St, Twisp, WA 98856, USA Methow Recycles is partnering with The Cove to provide free repair services for your belongings! The repair cafe is a FREE event! Our team of talented fixers offer electrical, mechanical, and wood fixes, tool sharpening, and sewing and darning. Limit of 2 items per person. Free + open to the public, no registration necessary. If you have questions, feel free to email the event organizer director@methowrecycles.org or call 509.997.0520 For more details: https://www.methowrecycles.org/programs/repair-cafes See more details (Yakima) Repair Café @ Yakima Makerspace (Yakima) Repair Café @ Yakima Makerspace May 17, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Yakima Maker Space, 16 S 1st St, Yakima, WA 98901, USA Hosted in partnership by Repair Café Yakima and Yakima Makerspace Bring broken items and have volunteer "fixers" try to repair the item with your input for FREE! While there's no guarantee that an item can be fixed, participants are sure to learn something new and have fun along the way! Walk-ins are welcome but those able to sign-up in advance through this form will receive priority service. Those interested in volunteering, whether it's to repair items or for other purposes, may fill out a form on the Repair Cafe Yakima Facebook page. More information is also available at repaircafe@yakimamakerspace.org See more details • • • • •
18 (Bellingham) NW Free Repair Event (Bellingham) NW Free Repair Event May 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Bellingham Makerspace, 1Bellis, Fair Parkway #618, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Bring in any broken or item that you can comfortably carry. If we can, NW Free Repair will fix if for FREE! The Bellingham Makerspace is proud to host the NW Free Repair group on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday of each month! Who we are We are a group of volunteers who are dedicated to conserving the earth’s resources and decreasing the burden on our overtaxed landfill areas by repairing and rehabilitating broken household items that would otherwise be discarded. For more details please visit:https://bellinghammakerspace.org/events/ or https://nwfreerepairs.wordpress.com/ See more details •	19	20 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 20, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove May 20, 2025 10:30 am - 2:30 pm The Cove, 206 S Glover St, Twisp, WA 98856, USA Bike repair and maintenance brought to you by Methow Valley Bike Shack @ The Cove A place for Valley cyclists – regardless of prior bike repair experience - to work on their adult or kids bikes with a knowledgeable bike mechanic. The space is equipped with bike repair tools and parts and a bike repair work stand. We can also help you repair or teach you how to repair almost any system (brake, drive train, etc.) on your bike with the exception of hydraulic brakes and /or air / oil suspension forks and shocks. The Bike Shack hours are: Tuesdays 10:30am to 2:30pm You can work on your bike by appointment during the Bike Shack’s open hours. To make an appointment or ask questions contact us at: methowvalleybikeshack@gmail.com. We will reply to confirm the appointment or answer your questions. See more details (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 20, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Bellingham) NW Free Repairs - Repair Workshop (Bellingham) NW Free Repairs - Repair Workshop May 20, 2025 4:30 pm - 6:45 pm Bellingham Public Library - Central Branch, 210 Central Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Bring your broken household items to SkillShare at the Central Library and work with skilled volunteers from NW Free Repairs to learn how to repair them. Volunteers have experience repairing common household items such as toys, small kitchen appliances, electric tools and many other items that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Please note: broken items may not be dropped off to be repaired. Owners may participate in making the repairs with the repair volunteers. For more information about NW Free Repairs, please visit https://nwfreerepairs.wordpress.com/ See more details • • • •	21 (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 21, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Shoreline) Fix-it Night @ Shoreline Tool Library (Shoreline) Fix-it Night @ Shoreline Tool Library May 21, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm 16610 Aurora Ave N 16610 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133 Bring by your broken household items for a night of fixing and community building with the Shoreline Tool Library! It's time to start collecting all those items around the house that need to be fixed but you don't know how. We are having a fixing night at the new Shoreline Tool Library. We will help you fix and learn to fix your broken tools, lamps, toys, furniture, appliances, and any other broken items that you can carry in on your own. We encourage you to help as much as you can and enjoy the community of reuse! If you are excited about fixing and want to help out with this event or other fixing opportunities we are looking for more fixers. Let us know by signing up here! Hosted by Seattle REconomy See more details (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library May 21, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106, USA Hosted by West Seattle Tool Library Blender busted? Computer kaput? Weedeater wrecked? Whatever’s broken, don’t let it keep gathering dust in the corner – bring it down to the workshop, each Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30! Use the tools and facilities of the shop and pick our librarians’ brains to get your damaged equipment back in the action. Availability is first-come-first-served. This workshop is provided free of charge, though donations are appreciated! We ask that all items brought for repair be of reasonable size. We are unable to service pressure vessels, refrigeration equipment, firearms, and high-voltage electrical components. See the following for more details! https://www.wstools.org/events See more details • • •	22 (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library May 22, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Fix-it Nights are free, community-based events where community members come together for the fun of taking stuff apart and putting it back together again. Learn more here: https://tacomatoollibrary.org/fix-it-nights/ Questions?: email repair@tacomatoollibrary.org See more details •	23 (Tacoma) Visible Mending Workshop w/ Remakery Tacoma (Tacoma) Visible Mending Workshop w/ Remakery Tacoma May 23, 2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Located on the 2nd Floor of the TPL Main Branch in the Community Hub Brought to you by The Remakery! Don't cover up that hole, make it beautiful. Bring a cloth item that is in need of repair or practice on one of our denim scraps. Tools, thread, fabric scraps and inspiration will be provided. Hang out and craft with other crafty folk. Sewing machines will be on hand for more tricky mending. Every month we host a Visible Mending workshop where you can mend a piece of clothing, accessory, or practice on a scrap. All the tools and supplies will be provided for hand stitching, applique, patch making, darning, as well as sewing machines. Repairing clothes is an easy and effective way to reduce waste. Open to all ages, but best for those familiar with how to use a needle. This is a free event. All materials and tools are provided. Materials are 100% post-consumer meaning we use only reclaimed, recycled or donated items. https://www.remakerytacoma.org/events See more details •	24 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 24, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Port Hadlock) JeffCo Repair Event (Port Hadlock) JeffCo Repair Event May 24, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm jefferson county public library, 620 Cedar Ave Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA 98339 Join us for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time! For this event, we will have volunteers offering their time to help repair small appliances and electronics, sewing/knitting, simple jewelry, bicycles, tool sharpening, basic tech and computer support, and other household items. Limit of 2 items per person. If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, we ask that you bring it along. For more event details visit JeffCoRepair.com. Questions? Contact Mandi at mjohnson@ptmsc.org. See more details • •
25	26	27 (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 27, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove (Twisp) Bike repair @ The Cove May 27, 2025 10:30 am - 2:30 pm The Cove, 206 S Glover St, Twisp, WA 98856, USA Bike repair and maintenance brought to you by Methow Valley Bike Shack @ The Cove A place for Valley cyclists – regardless of prior bike repair experience - to work on their adult or kids bikes with a knowledgeable bike mechanic. The space is equipped with bike repair tools and parts and a bike repair work stand. We can also help you repair or teach you how to repair almost any system (brake, drive train, etc.) on your bike with the exception of hydraulic brakes and /or air / oil suspension forks and shocks. The Bike Shack hours are: Tuesdays 10:30am to 2:30pm You can work on your bike by appointment during the Bike Shack’s open hours. To make an appointment or ask questions contact us at: methowvalleybikeshack@gmail.com. We will reply to confirm the appointment or answer your questions. See more details (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 27, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Seattle) Fabric Fix-it @ NESTL (Seattle) Fabric Fix-it @ NESTL May 27, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Northeast Seattle Tool Library, 10228 Fischer Pl NE, Seattle, WA 98125 Need help getting your fabric back in tip-top shape? Come to the Northeast Seattle Tool Library (monthly, every 4th Tuesday) for Fabric Fix-It! We will have menders on site who can either offer advice on mending, or mend textiles for you. Some common fixes include: hemming, patching small holes, reattaching buttons, and fixing or replacing zippers. Limit 2 items per person, more if time allows. Feel free to bring supplies to fix your item, if you have them. We will have some supplies on hand. See more details • • • •	28 (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Mendful Learning Lab @ Ginger's Closet May 28, 2025 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 181 Bogachiel Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief hosts a drop-in "learning lab," focused on repair of clothing and home textiles, developing new skills, and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. 1 pm to 6 pm at Ginger's Closet in Forks, WA To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360 For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library (Seattle) Fix-it Workshop @ West Seattle Tool Library May 28, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106, USA Hosted by West Seattle Tool Library Blender busted? Computer kaput? Weedeater wrecked? Whatever’s broken, don’t let it keep gathering dust in the corner – bring it down to the workshop, each Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30! Use the tools and facilities of the shop and pick our librarians’ brains to get your damaged equipment back in the action. Availability is first-come-first-served. This workshop is provided free of charge, though donations are appreciated! We ask that all items brought for repair be of reasonable size. We are unable to service pressure vessels, refrigeration equipment, firearms, and high-voltage electrical components. See the following for more details! https://www.wstools.org/events See more details • •	29 (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library (Tacoma) Fix-it Night @ Tacoma Tool Library May 29, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Tacoma Public Library Main Branch, 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Fix-it Nights are free, community-based events where community members come together for the fun of taking stuff apart and putting it back together again. Learn more here: https://tacomatoollibrary.org/fix-it-nights/ Questions?: email repair@tacomatoollibrary.org See more details •	30	31 (Anacortes) Fix-it Days - w/ Transition Fidalgo (Anacortes) Fix-it Days - w/ Transition Fidalgo May 31, 2025 9:00 am - 2:00 pm 611 R Ave, Anacortes, WA 98221 Got a broken appliance that you’re hoping to repair? Or a lamp that needs attention? How about a frayed power cord or a watch that needs a new battery? Maybe a dull kitchen knife to be sharpened? Bring your item to Fix-It Day at the Anacortes Saturday market the last Saturday of the months of June thru Sept and volunteers will attempt a repair. For more information visit https://www.transitionfidalgo.org/fix-it-days See more details (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop (Centralia) Bike Repair @ Hub City Bike Shop May 31, 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Pearl Street Pool, 500 Block of North Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531 Every Tuesday and Saturday Bring your bicycle down for assistance with tune up, chain lube, and flat tire repair. We have tools and mechanics available to help! Donations gladly accepted. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/hubcitybikeshop/ See more details (Forks) Repair & Skill-building Workshop @ Ginger's Closet (Forks) Repair & Skill-building Workshop @ Ginger's Closet May 31, 2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief (Forks Clothing Bank), 170 Sol Duc Way, Forks, WA 98331, USA On the last Saturday of every month, Ginger's Closet & Disaster Relief holds free workshops focused on repair of clothing and home textiles and upcycling of damaged fabrics. Anyone can bring in a garment to learn how to fix it alongside a volunteer guide. Free tools, including sewing machines, are available for use. To learn more and connect, visit: https://gingersclosetanddisasterrelief.godaddysites.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/gingerscloset360?mibextid=LQQJ4d For questions, email mendful@gingerscloset.org See more details • • •