May Repair Café Recap

Enjoy highlights from our May Repair Café event

Thanks again to our volunteer repair experts, organizers, tabling nonprofits, and food vendors for making our May Repair Café a great success! We assisted with over 25 projects and offered two new stations: watch repair and IT support.

MENDING

This quilt was hand-made by a participant's grandmother, who was born in the 1890s! We helped with securing a few loose threads.

Our repair experts couldn't fix the electrnic parts of this Bluey toy, but our mending station was able to transform it into a handpuppet!

Close-up shot of a mending volunteer repairing an item of clothing. Photo by Kirsi Jansa.

ELECTRONICS AND SMALL APPLIANCES

We took this vacuum cleaner completely apart to diagnose an issue!

Sometimes it take a whole team of volunteer repair experts. Photo by Kirsi Jansa.

Getting this lamp to work was a true high-"light" of May's Repair Café.

FURNITURE

Repair expert Katie helps a participant repair the upholstery on a folding stool. Photo by Kirsi Jansa.

WATCH REPAIR

Repair Expert Stacy brought her watch repair skills to this month's café. Photo by Kirsi Jansa.

Close-up of diagnostic repairs in progress on a group of vintage watches. IN the corner are an array of specialized watch repair tools.

If a repair can't be made, you can still walk away with next steps!

IT SUPPORT

Repair experts Shobhit and Sarah help diagnose an issue with a participant’s laptop. They also helped others with smart phone support. Photo by Kirsi Jansa.

TABLING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Our tabling organizations, Protohaven and the Pennsylvania Resources Council, connected participants to local makerspaces and recycling resources.

FOOD VENDORS

Thanks to our participating vendors—Chaat Stop, Les Deux, and Mandu Handu—for bringing delicious food and beverage options to café participants and Construction Junction Shoppers!

Join Us at the June 7 Repair Café!

You’re invited to our next Repair Café on June 7, 12pm-4pm at Construction Junction!

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