Volunteers fix electronics at the Oak Park Repair Café. | Photo by Edith Makra
Environment Committee Meeting on 5-20-25: Don’t Toss It. Fix It! Organizing a Community Repair Café
Presentations:
- What is a Repair Café or Repair Fair? – Ash Klinder, Campus Sustainability Intern, Joliet Junior College
- Repair Café at the Township of Lyons – Elyse Hoffenberg, Clerk, Township of Lyons, and Molly Price, Community Outreach Manager, Township of Lyons
- Evanston Repair Café – Anne Opila, Co-Leader, Evanston Repair Café
- Romeoville Repair Café – Maria Anna Rafac, Campus Sustainability Coordinator, Joliet Junior College
Clothing is mended at the Romeoville Repair Café. | Photo courtesy of Romeoville Repair Café
- McHenry County Repair Café – Carolyn Campbell, Board Member, McHenry County, and Kim Hankins, Manager of Sustainability, McHenry County College
- Chicago Repair Café – Lenore Kimmel, Co-Founder, Chicago Repair Café
Return to the Environment Committee webpage.