Our Repair Café was a tremendous success. Organizing the first event of its kind in Parksville-Qualicum Beach, we expected perhaps fifty people to attend. To our surprise and great joy, 126 people showed up with their treasured items for repair. We had to print extra registration forms in the middle of the event.

Over a dozen volunteers in our community skilled in repair were there to help with fixing small appliances, electronics, tech items, lamps, bicycles, small furniture, clothes that needed mending and knives that needed sharpening.

Others from our organizing committee helped with recruitment, publicity, logistics, coordination, registration, set-up and clean-up, feedback, and the café side of things.

The response was overwhelmingly positive. Here are some comments from the feedback we collected:

“It is such a wonderful idea and service. It helps so many people and helps our landfill and the bonus is meeting such nice people.”

“Excellent idea, my vacuum of over 30 years is back!”

“Skilled volunteers who persevered had equipment to do repairs.”

“This is great! Keep doing what you are doing.”

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