East Brunswick Repair Cafe Returns January

The East Brunswick Public Library and the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force want to help you keep still usable items out of landfills. They are holding their third Repair Café at the library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive) on Sunday, January 25 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The Repair Café will be held in the library meeting rooms.

A Repair Café is a community-based initiative to promote repairing household items instead of throwing them out. Community members can bring in items in need of repair to be fixed on the spot thanks to the help of handy volunteers.

For this session of Repair Café, you can bring clothing/textiles, jewelry, knit & crocheted items, soft toys, lamps, and smartphone & laptop software (no hardware) issues. Examples of repairs can be pants with a tear in the knee, broken links on necklaces, bracelets that are coming undone, a lamp socket replacement, or issues updating an app.

No appointment is required. For faster service, if you know what part you need for the repair, please bring it. There is a limit of two repairs per person.\

There is no fee for repairs made. If you are able, please donate a future-dated non-perishable food item in original packaging. These donations will be donated to the Aldersgate Community Outreach Food Pantry.

Additional information about the Repair Café online at www.friendsebec.com. Repair Cafes are being held internationally; to learn more go to www.repaircafe.org/en.