The upcoming Schuylerville Repair Cafe scheduled for Saturday, February 3rd was covered in the 1/18/24 issue of Saratoga Today. To read the article, go here.
PUTNAM REPAIR CAFE FEATURED IN PUTNAM COURIER
PUTNAM REPAIR CAFE FEATURED IN PUTNAM COURIER
The Putnam Repair Cafe was featured in the Dec. 24th issue of the Putnam Courier in an article titled “Mr. Fix-it Visits Repair Cafe.” The text from the article can be viewed below as it is password protected on the website for the paper.
Mr. Fix-it Visits Repair Café
By Eric Gross
Wind chimes, broken lamps, toasters that browned only one side of a slice of bread, jewelry, vacuum cleaners and a variety of clothing needing stitching were brought to Mahopac Middle School this month for Putnam County’s initial Repair Café, hosted by Sustainable Putnam.
Sustainable Putnam Executive Director Joe Montuori explained: “Repair Cafés are free community events to which residents bring their broken but beloved items to be fixed by volunteers. So many of us have possessions we just don’t want to toss in the trash. We know they can be repaired, but don’t really know how to go about it. Whether it’s the cost, or the sentimental value it holds, some things are just too good to throw away. Repair Cafés are a shift to an earlier way of thinking about our stuff.”
Sustainable Putnam Director Sarah Wilson has run a Repair Café in Yorktown since July 2018. She urged Sustainable Putnam to launch its own: “A significant amount of work is involved but the rewards are many. We’ve had guests give us hugs, make donations, bring us baked goods and even shed a tear when a prized possession gets repaired.”
Wilson added: “We’re never sure how long a repair will take, but we schedule 30 minutes for each repair slot, which is usually enough time to diagnose and fix it. About 75 percent of everything that comes in the door gets repaired, but even when we don’t succeed, we are able to provide advice or referrals, enjoy sharing our skills with our neighbors, and take pride in doing our best to salvage it. Folks really appreciate the effort.”
Photos, Norma Pereira
New Croton Repair Cafe featured in 'The Croton Chronicle'
The first iteration of the Croton/Cortlandt Repair Cafe was featured in the Substack newsletter “The Croton Chronicle” on December 11th. To read the article go here.
Port Jervis Repair Cafe Featured in Plough Quarterly
The Port Jervis Repair Cafe and its organizer Peter Marchetto and repair coach Wesley Woodward were featured in the Plough Quarterly: No. 38, Winter 2024 issue which was focused on the topic of repair. To read the story, go here.
Schenectady Repair Cafe in Times Union
The Schenectady Repair Cafe was just featured in the Times Union on November 6, 2023 with a wonderful pictorial article about their latest cafe titled “Repair Cafe Fixing to Save the Planet. To read the article, go here.
Suzie Fromer (RCHV) and Kathy Galione (Rockland Repair Cafe) on "Many Shades of Green" Podcast
Suzie Fromer, the coordinator of RCHV, and Kathy Galione, the organizer of the Rockland Repair Cafe, were both interviewed by Maxine Margo Rubin and Marcus Berman on their environmentally themed podcast “Many Shades of Green” on their 10/27/23 episode. You can listen to the podcast here.
RCHV Coordinator Featured in UCRRA Newsletter
RCHV’s Coordinator, Suzie Fromer, was recently featured in the UCRRA newsletter. The piece also offers a nice tribute to RCHV’s founder, John Wackman. To read the piece, go here.
Town of Mamaroneck Repair Cafe featured in the Patch
The Town of Mamaroneck Repair Cafe, which is a joint program between Mamaroneck and Larchmont, was featured on Friday, October 13th in the Larchmont-Mamaroneck NY Patch.
To read the article, go here.
Melissa Iachetta (Kingston) and Suzie Fromer (RCHV) on "Let's Talk, Kingston"
Melissa Iachetta, the organizer of the Kingston Repair Cafe and Suzie Fromer, the coordinator for Repair Cafe Hudson Valley, were on Radio Kingston on Friday, October 6th. They were interviewed by Erica Brown, the station’s the Community Engagement Manager on “Let’s Talk, Kingston.” They discussed the upcoming Kingston Repair Cafe on Saturday, Oct. 28th and the whole Repair Revolution here in the Hudson Valley.
To listen to the podcast, go here.
"How to Start a Repair Cafe Zoom" Up on our NEW YouTube Channel
We’re pleased to announce we’ve started a Repair Cafe Hudson Valley Youtube channel. Our first video is a “How to Start a Repair Cafe” Zoom we held last week as part of HV Climate Solutions Week. The zoom features Suzie Fromer (RCHV Coordinator), Don Fick (Repair Cafe North Carolina), Bea Echeverria (Evanston Repair Cafe), Elizabeth Knight Moss (Jersey City Repair Cafe and co-author of Repair Revolution) and Adelia Moore (ColumbiaNE Repair Cafe).