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Swift current

repair café

Got a broken thing? Anything? Bring it and we'll help you fix it - for free! 

EVENT

Changing the world

one repair

at a time!

Swift Current Repair Café 
 April 1st, 2023 
Palliser Pavilion, Kinetic Park

GOALS

REPAIR!

The value of the Repair Cafe is that people are going back into a relationship with the material things around them. Swift Current’s Repair Café aims to build a more sustainable society and counter the throwaway mindset. The Repair Café supports the model of the sharing economy through building a community where people with repair skills are valued and organizations collaborate and innovate for the common good.

The action of fixing or mending something to extend it's lifespan.

things

we can repair...

Electronics - digital clocks, battery chargers, headphones, cd players
Small electric appliances - toasters, coffee makers, hair dryers, blenders
Clothes - missing buttons, holes or tears

Knit items - sweaters, socks, scarves
Furniture - small tables or chairs, shelves, jewellery boxes
Toys - wood or plastic

Stuffies - soft animals and dolls
Kites single line, multi-line

Jewellery - necklaces, earrings

Art - paintings, frames
Computers and technology
Small engines - lawnmowers, scooters, snow blowers
Musical instruments - guitars, harmonicas, horns

Ceramics and pottery - platters, tea cups, vases
Books and paper - hardcover and soft cover books, documents

Clocks and watches
Household appliances - sewing machines, microwaves, lamps, fans

Bicycles and tricycles (at the spring cafe)

House plants - bug infestations (at the spring cafe)

REPAIRS AVAILABLE

Why should people attend a Repair Cafe?

Because the longer we repair and reuse - the less we take from the earth and discard - the longer the earth will sustain - the more time we will have to fix all the problems we created.
People should participate as a statement against the corrupted designers and manufacturers who deliberately waste products and materials - who offend and damage our earth out greed and effort to make a little surplus cash.

Kim Houghtaling, woodworking expert.

WHY?
EXPERTS

MEET OUR EXPERTS

ANDREA MCCRIMMON

Andrea McCrimmon is an Information Expert and the Manager of the Swift Current Library. She can show you the power of libraries to connect you to the people, information, and ideas that you need to change the world. A large part of her work at the Swift Current Library has focused on making technology training accessible and comfortable for people of all ages. Talk to Andrea about how the library can help you learn, get inspired, or stay entertained. Ask her the meaning of life, or how to fix a toilet. She’ll help you find the answer!

SWIFT CURRENT PUBLIC LIBRARY

GARY HAMMER

I have always been interested in woodworking but never had the space or the tools to do it as a regular hobby.  I did

however make space and time in my life for acquiring antiques and many needed repair.

 

Thirty five years ago a close friend had a business in Swift Current and although they sold antiques, his strong skill set was refinishing and repairing items.  I spend many hours in his shop as he shared his skills with me. It might have been gluing a chair, fixing a drawer, or tightening up the legs on a wobbly plant stand.

consider what we do as a type of recycling, restoring items or even

repurposing them for a new use.  

GET INVOLVED!

Thanks for becoming involved.

VOLUNTEER
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OUR SPONSORS

Thank you to all our sponsors.  We could not put on this event without their support.  Please help us thank  them by using their services and shopping in their stores.  

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OUR IN-KIND
SPONSORS

All events take help from many people and businesses.  Thank you to the businesses who believed enough in our Repair Cafe's to provide things we needed to host this event.

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Sponsors
WHERE?
CONTACT

Contact

Shann Gowan, Co-Organizer

PO Box 872, Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 3W8

306-741-0056

shanngowan@gmail.com

Courtney Stewart, Co-Organizer

Swift Current, Saskatchewan 

306-774-9071

courtstewart22@gmail.com

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