🔧 It’s Repair Café Day!
Bring your broken treasures and let our amazing fixers work their magic. From sewing and small appliances to bikes, gluing, photo restoration, and knife sharpening — we’ve got a crew ready to help you repair instead of replace! ♻️
Check Out this Article in the March 2026 Edition of “In The Hills”. - Fixing What’s Broke
Come by, chat with our jack-of-all-trades, and see how fun sustainability can be! See below for Event Flyer, click to download.
Ways our Repair Cafe allows you to contribute to a sustainable circular economy! You’ll be able to:
donate dried goods for the Exchange
participate in a swap table (mostly clothes and housewares), with excess going to Evolve and/or Angelcare and/or Renewed Hope
donate or buy books from the Friends of the Caledon Public Library
donate empty metal & aluminum cans, alcohol bottles, and ‘anything with a plug’ that doesn't work to Harold Janes' Little Grey Work Horse; the funds these items generate are always returned to the community
get up to two knives sharpened
digitize up to two printed photos, with the Bolton Historical Society - don’t forget your usb;
check out OPP and Bike Brampton, a one-stop shop where residents learn how to keep their bikes in top shape while ensuring they are riding responsibly and legally on our trails and roads.
have your bike get a maintenance check by our bike Fixers
ask our local garden whisperer, Ms Plants, about your backyard projects
stop by our ‘Ask the Expert’ booth to enquire about Repairs you can’t carry in: plumbing, mechanic, insulation, making the “switch” from fossil fuel to electric options, etc.
a lesson on traffic and transit alternatives from some Stop the 413 advocates
stop by the Caledon Community Road Safety Advocacy Group (CCRSA) to learn how they’re working to protect our community’s roads from unsafe driving habits
check out the Headwaters Turtle Protectors and learn how you can keep Caledon’s turtles safe
learn about local aggregate issues from the Forks of the Credit Preservation Society
stop by to chat with the Caledon Public Library to learn how 3D printers can solve some repair issues by reprinting the broken parts; or borrow ‘how to’ books, or items from their ‘library of things’ collections