A guest poses for us with her repaired clock clock at September's

Castleton-on-Hudson Repair Cafe in the Capital Region.

(Photo credit: John Schmidt)

"How Do We Get one of These in My Town?" Recording Available on YouTube

We're pleased to announce that the recording of our 'how to start a repair cafe' Zoom we held last month as part of HV Climate Solutions Week is now up on the RCHV YouTube Channel. The zoom will serve as a video step-by-step companion piece to our RCHV Repair Cafe Start-Up Guide we have developed to help new cafes start up. To watch that video (along with several other of our skills training videos), visit our YouTube channel.

OCTOBER REPAIR CAFES

Lots of cafes coming your way this month, including the return of the annual ColumbiaSE and Town of Mamaroneck ones. Colonie returns in the Capital Region and Chester to Orange County while Amenia holds a mini-RC during their Harvest Festival. And Saturday, October 17th marks the 10th International Day of Repair! Check out the Repair Day Website for more information including a map showing all the repair events happening worldwide over that weekend--it's pretty impressive!

PLEASE NOTE: our monthly Port Jervis cafe is adjusting its times slightly; going forward will be held from 12pm - 3pm.

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

A photo of our very own Ken 'Fix-it Boscher,' pictured here at a past Saugerties cafe, was the literal poster boy for American repair cafes in a recent article written by the International Repair Cafe Foundation about trends in US repair cafes.


(Photo credit: Suzie Fromer)

“Trends in American Repair Cafes: Sewing is Making a Comeback,” repaircafe.org, August 10, 2026.