RCHV TURNS 13

New Paltz Repair Cafe marked 13 years of cafes this May! Founded by John Wackman in the spring of 2013, the New Paltz Repair Cafe quickly inspired the sprawling cafe network movement known as Repair Cafe Hudson Valley. We paused during the cafe to to remember John by sharing stories and celebrating the enormous achievement with a new group shot of the cafe crew.

JUNE REPAIR CAFES

We welcome a new repair cafe to Dutchess County in June at the Dover Plains Library. Mahopac returns (advanced signups preferred; please sign up here) and Eastchester holds a bikes only cafe (advanced signups essential; please sign up here). And Kingston returns with welding/lawn mower balancing and sharpening available.

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

Repair Coach and artist V.L. Cox fixed a marionette at the Rockland Repair Cafe in early May.


(Photo credit: Suzie Fromer)

"From Broken to Beloved: Repair Cafe finds Success in Somers," Halston Media Group, May 3, 2026.