RCHV: Ready for our Close-up in April!

April is always a busy month for RCHV as there are so many cafes packed into and a lot of attention from the press as well for Earth month. But this past April was extra! Our cafes were featured on WAMC Northeast Radio, in Readers Digest US, in a beautifully written new Substack called Scratch about all things handmade and even closed out an episode of PBS Kids' Cyberchase (starring our very own fixer, Lisa Antonelli, pictured above on set rocking an RCHV t-shirt!) As always, our news roundup with links to the coverage is at the bottom of our newsletter in the 'RCHV in the News' segment. Trust me, you don't want to miss our Earth Day news roundup!

MAY REPAIR CAFES

Warrensburg pivots to a new location for their May cafe due to needed repairs at their usual locale; we can respect that! Greenburgh moves to the local library and the Bethlehem cafe debuts in Delmar. New Paltz is also mixing things up by switching to the THIRD Saturday of the month instead of the second--so it will be happening May 23rd.

PLEASE NOTE: Welding will be cancelled if there is heavy precipitation.

Help us keep Repair Cafe Hudson Valley going strong! Please consider donating at the link below. Donations go to our fiscal sponsor, the 501(c)3 Sustainable Hudson Valley, but will be earmarked for RCHV if you make a note saying it is for us. Thank you!

RCHV IN THE NEWS

Peter Avellino fixes a kid's bike at the March Pound Ridge Repair Cafe which was covered in depth in the Mt. Kisco-Bedford Times in April.

(Photo credit: Suzie Fromer)

"Where Broken Items Get New Life," Reader's Digest US, April/May 2026.

"The Fix is In! Pound Ridge Repair Café gives beloved items new life," Mt. Kisco-Bedford Times, April 9-May 6, 2026.

"Things Break. Only Humans Can Fix Them," Scratch Substack, Kate Cohen, April 28, 2026.

"From Lamps to Loppers, Saturday’s Repair Café Brings New Life—and Community—to Red Hook," The Daily Catch, April 20, 2026.

"Fix it Time!" Cyberchase, PBS Thirteen, April 18, 2026 (Hastings Repair Cafe featured in live action segment at 22 minutes).

"Repair Cafe receives NYSAR3 grant to support kit program," The Columbia Paper, April 18th.

"Mending Clothing + Gear Creatively," Scenic Hudson Valley Viewfinder, April, 2026.

"Capital Region Residents Pursue Sustainable Living at Repair Cafe," WAMC Northeast Public Radio, April 6, 2026.