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In the spirit of moving toward zero waste and stewardship of our planet’s resources, Repair Café Pasadena links local handy people to folks in need of repair of all kinds: clothing, appliances, bikes, furniture, electronics, and more. The Repair Café is inspired by the philosophy of a Sharing Economy. We share our time, skills and talents to build a more vibrant local community … one repair at a time.

~ 2013 Pasadena Green City Award for Waste Reduction ~

Repair Café at Jones' Coffee

Twinkly Lights, Song and Style

9/25/2014

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August‘s warm summer evening Repair Café was highlighted by the versatile Debra Penberthy‘s songs on the twinkly-lit patio at Throop Hall. Thanks to Don for adding some panache and style to the event with hair cutting and to Jessica for wrangling the yummy potluck food. 15 tinkers and tailors hustled for three hours!

An enthusiastic crowd gathered and about 60 repairs were done including native garden consults, and conversation with the Theodore Payne Society representative, Lisa Novick.  The Really Really Free Market was overflowing and the Neighborhood Fruit Harvest had bushels of grapefruits, apples and figs this month. No one left empty-handed!  

A number of Time Bank newcomers came with food in one hand and repairs in the other. Many came offering to help with the repairs.  The Repair Café team senses the evolution of this project growing and changing. Repair people become skill-sharing people, newcomers want to learn, people who do things that are not technically repairs want to be involved too. It is this spirit that builds resilience in our community.  This economy of sharing breeds caring and a strong network outside the money economy!

Stay tuned for the dates for upcoming fall Repair Cafés.  Find out where you might fit in.

— Therese Brummel

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    Organizing Team

    Therese Brummel
    Ginko Lee
    Ai Kusuhara
    Mary Gothard
    Scoops Adamczyk
    Joanne Siegel
    Greg Marquez
    Yvonne LeGrice

    About Us

    Repair Café Pasadena is a registered member of Stichting Repair Café,
    www.repaircafe.org
    www.repaircafe.org
    in partnership with the Arroyo SECO Network of Time Banks.
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