Hi Friends of WNC Repair Cafe!
A Repair Cafe is a place where you’ll find volunteers with tools and supplies, available to fix broken objects while offering instruction hands-on experience in the art of repair. Repair Cafes are free programs, where you are encouraged to bring in your broken appliance, stuck zipper, rusty tools, old bicycle, dull pruning shears – whatever you can imagine – and work with volunteers to make the necessary repairs to keep it running.
Repair Cafes around the world help build resilient communities by:
Helping a neighbor: Restoring valuable material items at no cost of labor.
Sharing skills: Teaching repair skills and encouraging hands-on learning
Sharing ideas: Sharing insight and appreciation of how things made, repaired, and disposed of.
Diverting resources from the landfill: Engaging in practical action on waste reduction.
Empowering our community with the skills and resources to prosper in a sustainable economy.
WNC Repair Cafe started in Mills River in 2018, and following the pandemic, expanded to various communities in Buncombe and Haywood Counties. For 2026, we're proud to announce we are including regular events in Weaverville, as well as expanded pop-up workshops in Madison and Yancey Counties, along with continued partnerships with Henderson County Repair Cafes. Repair Cafes are expanding rapidly across North Carolina and the United States. We are proud to be a part of this tradition of helping neighbors, thriftiness, good conversation, and passing down skills to future generations.
Along with our expansion in 2026, we'll be focusing on improving the experience for visitors and volunteers alike. For the next two months, WNC Repair Cafe is building an advisory team to help organize and improve a variety of metrics, including successful repair rate, visitor educational experience and volunteer satisfaction. This is a lot of work, so please be patient as we head in 2026! We'll be releasing our schedule shortly after the new year. For now, you can expect an ambitious schedule of over 24 workshops, and in-person repair workshops to resume in February 2026.
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interesting in Helping? There are many ways you can help:
Join our Mailing list and be the first to receive notices of new events by sending an Email to WNCRepairCafe@gmail.com
Follow us on Social Media @WNCRepairCafe
Are you a skilled fixer? We need your help!
Do you have other skills you are excited to offer? Can you provide snacks? Help with fundraising, media, or data management? We need your help too!
Are you in Weaverville? Help us build our volunteer base for 2026 workshops