JACKSON, Wyo. — The Teton County Library and other local agencies co-hosted the Teton Repair Café over the weekend, where volunteers assisted community members with minor fixes to household items.
Repair cafés were first organized in Amsterdam in 2009, and have since expanded across the world. The pop-up events have forged a global movement to preserve repair skills and give a second chance to broken items.
The Teton Repair Café included stations for repairing jewelry, small appliances, lamps, bikes, furniture and more. There was also a knife-sharpening booth and a kids’ tinker table where kids could disassemble items and learn how to put them back together.
Volunteers with repair skills from around the valley were invited to partake and help attendees with their mending.
“Modeled after the international organization Repair Café, the Teton Repair Café is a pilot program of Teton Resilience Network, working to keep treasured items out of the landfill while building skills and community along the way, a mission actively supported by the three other presenting partners,” the event announcement stated.
