By Jason Octavo
May 15th, 2022
BURLINGTON, ON
With just a little funding from the city the Repair Café has managed to serve people in a really very useful way. They fix broken household items.
Their fourth, or was it their fifth Repair Café event, this one as part of a joint effort with Burlington Green at the Burlington Centre Hub, they GET DATA
Man with girls fixing “the Claw toy” is Gary Kirkwood. – Fixing blinds is Mike Rooks. Blinds are not are usual repair item. Lady was thrilled to have one set repaired at the April 9th session, she brought in another.
The idea for a repair Café came out of the Netherlands about 15 years ago. There are now more than 2000 Repair Cafes operating – Burlington started in 2029.
Once a month, the project operates in a different location within the city to attract new residents.
Lawson Hunter, organizer of the Repair Cafe events explaining what the groups manages to get done.
They are always on the lookout for people who are handy with a screw driver – people can volunteer by going to their Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/Burlington.Canada.
Repair Cafe can be reached by email at – burlingtonrepaircafe@cogeco.ca.
15 items were brought in, 10 repaired.
BurlingtonGreen invited the Repair team to take part in what was an their Electronics Recycling Drive Thru.
When the Fire department gave up on collecting electronic waste Burlington Green saw an opportunity to fill a community need.
The next Repair Cafe will be in conjunction with the Aldershot BIA Outdoor Markets Tuesdays June 7, July 5, and August 9 from 3pm to 7pm at Whiteoaks Plaza 195 Plains Rd. E.
The Repair Cafe took place at The Hub, a space within the Burlington Centre is made available to community Groups.
