Repair Cafe Brooklyn
We're excited to announce that our July grant has been awarded to the Repair Cafe Brooklyn, a monthly community event in Crown Heights where volunteers help visitors fix beloved items like clothes, toys, electronics, small appliances, and bicycles. This grant will allow them to restock key materials more regularly so they don’t have to turn away repairs as often, and also to expand into more expensive repairs they haven’t taken on before, like phones and computers, where replacement parts are the barrier.
We're modeled after the Repair Cafe tradition that started in The Netherlands in 2009, and now run in cities all around the world. Our goal is to build a culture of care & repair, slow down the consumption cycle, and keep items out of the waste stream. All our repairs are completely free, so this grant will help us buy more tools and supplies to keep repair accessible to everyone.
You can sign up to volunteer or to get something fixed at repaircafe.nyc. Our next event is August 30th at Another World community space, 629 Nostrand Ave from 10am to 1pm. And if you don't have something to repair, you can still come to shadow a repair, learn some new skills, and enjoy coffee and cookies with your neighbors. We hope to see you there!