What is a repair cafe you ask?

The Ipswich Public Library with community volunteers will offer a repair cafe September 19th starting at 3 PM at the Ipswich Homegrown Market.

A Repair Cafe is a gathering of volunteers who offer to consult and maybe fix items that would otherwise go to landfill.

A person who has an item that needs to be fixed can bring it to the Repair Cafe and one of the volunteers can assess if the item is fixable and how to fix it. Not every item can be fixed at the event, you will be given next steps to fix the item. Also, did we mention it is totally free?

Jay Duchin

Small Electric Household Items

He can repair broken lamps, small appliances, vacuums and more. All efforts will be made to keep your item out of the landfill and working for years to come. Please keep in mind that some items requiring new replacement parts will not be able to be fixed.

Charles Smith

General Bicycle Consultations

General bicycle assessment will be provided with emphasis on: overall condition, safety, maintenance issues, replacement part(s) recommendation, drive train, brake, and comfort adjustments,

David Benedix

Bicycle Tire Consultations

David will assess your tires for issues and maintenance

Elaine/Essex Tech Students

Computer, Printer, Phone, or Tablet for a Free Evaluation  

Bring in your computer, printer, phone, or tablet for a free evaluation. This service will give suggestions to help improve the performance, increase the storage of your computer, and extend the life of your system.

• If your system is just not performing like it used to, bring your tower, desktop or laptop computer in for an evaluation.
• If you are considering trashing your PC and getting a new one, let us run some utilities to help the system run faster and longer.
• Are you using Antivirus or Antimalware Software?  Hopefully, but if not, let our student technicians install free software and run some scans to possibly remove different types of infections and improve performance.
• Looking to upgrade memory to get your system running faster? Recommendations on purchasing RAM, and then help to install it.
• Are your files backed up? They can make recommendations for local or cloud-based backup options.
• We can help with phones, tablets, and printers as well

If you read any of these descriptions and thought, “Yes! I need to do this!” then this is the event for you.

Please sign up on this google form to reserve your spot. We will not be accepting walk-ins at this time.