Repair Cafe Kingston
206 Concession Street K7K 2B5 Kingston, ON, Canada

Check it out - a very exciting development in Kingston. Let’s support this business with our dollars.

We are looking for a donation of a singer sewing machine in good working order. This will be very helpful for our volunteers who mend clothing, make blankets, etc. .

Gananoque Humane Society is looking for handy volunteers, among other roles.

Volunteer opportunity:

Today's #WasteReductionWeek theme is Swap and Repair. Here in #YGK, we're lucky to have the Repair Cafe Kingston. Check em' out sometime! #WasteNotYGK

*UPDATE* We are happy to report that Queen’s Plant Services has taken responsibility for fixing this up. Thanks again to everyone who offered to help. - - - - - - - This labour of love was a casualty of the Queen’s Homecoming mob over the weekend. We want to fix it. If you are handy with furniture and would be willing to volunteer your time, please contact us at [email protected].

Hello all! Good to be here! A quick heads-up notice: With any luck, we hope to re-open on the second Sunday in November, 2-4:30 pm at the Unitarian Fellowship at 206 Concession Street, Kingston. COVID-19 protocols observed and vaccination status may be requested. Fixers, please take note. We will put out a call soon asking who can come. We need clients and we need more fixers (and other volunteers) too! Feel free to contact us if you think you would like to contribute your skills! Best wishes, Brian.

here we go! in Britain. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57665593

our first webinar on youtube in collaboration with Sustainable Kingston https://youtu.be/lko9iEZXrH4

Hey everyone: RCK remains on pause due to the pandemic, but we wanted to direct you to a Facebook group called Clients Meet Fixers. It it local to Kingston and the hope is to help community members connect with each other regarding repairs until RCK is able to resume meeting face-to-face safely. Community members who have something they would like to have fixed, as well as those who would like to volunteer for remote fixing, can join this group and post/respond to posts as ap...propriate. Please note that these interactions will occur outside of the RCK mandate - we will not be responsible for organizing or monitoring activity that occurs within or resulting from this group. Members will be responsible for communicating with each other directly. We do recommend that COVID-19 safety protocols be followed. Stay safe everyone! https://www.facebook.com/groups/689026185289824 See more

come see us Wednesday at noon. BTW, postmedia inserts video ads in articles. https://thewhig.prod.postmedia.digital//repair-cafe-kingst

We are excited to be doing our first webinar, and soon a podcast also! See you Wednesday 24th at noon.

Hey Everyone, we're excited to be part of Sustainable Kingston's webinar series! Come join us virtually to see some everyday fixes and ask questions about items you may have.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Hello Everyone. Due to COVID-19 precautions, we will not be operating our April event. Please check back on this page for future updates and most of all...stay healthy!

It was a good turnout for yesterday's cafe. Highlight of the day was fixed 50 year old mixer!

Habitat Kingston is looking for a volunteer to join our team providing family services. The team is responsible for selecting and vetting the homeowner applicat...ions received, and helping to steer the prospective owners through the process. You will learn about our outreach to the community to find applicants. Duties will involve monthly committee meetings, visiting and interviewing the applicants, and if they are successful in applying, then guiding them through the first year of their homeownership. The volunteer will help the new homeowner with their sweat equity plan, and oversee their contributions, and will assist with the education program for the new homeowners. The time commitment will be minimal, but you must have a flexible schedule and be able to attend meetings and home visits based on the schedules of the families involved. You will have to make a commitment to Habitat Kingston and be willing to stay with us for a period of time and become part of our team. Contact the office at 613-548-8763 ext 211 or [email protected]. See more

If you've ever needed shoes repaired, you may have visited Rodney Sothmann at his downtown shop, Kingston Shoe Repair and Orthopedic Shoe Service. Learn more about Rodney and his cobbler's shop in our latest issue on kingstonlife.ca. [Photo by Rob Whelan] #ygk

Hi everyone. Just an update to let you know that we are still on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before re-opening, we need to develop new procedures for physical distancing and sanitization. We are hoping to start back up in the coming months, provided that it is determined to be safe to do so.

Crafters and quilters... take note!

EDIT/UPDATE Wow! We have been overwhelmed by the response from our community! We've been able to procure the CPAP machines we need for the pilot design of the c...hallenge. If it works, and the hospitals end up needing more, we may follow up with another campaign. Please stay tuned for further updates by liking our Facebook Page. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who liked and shared our post, and to all those that reached out with some very generous donations! --------------- Please help and share! Queen’s #Engineers have joined the Ventilator Challenge (https://www.agorize.com/en/challenges/code-life-challenge/), but we need CPAP machines to build our prototypes. Can you donate one to the cause? We can arrange for a safe pickup. Contact us for more details and thank you for sharing!

As long as we're talking medical equipment, here is an opportunity to help our health care heroes find N95 hospital masks and other essential supplies. Some hospitals are getting dangerously low. You can join this group on Facebook, or we can put you in touch with a local rep.

Attention sewers! Local group coordinating hand-sewn mask initiative, to be used as back up in the event that our hospitals run out of supplies in the coming weeks and months. Please consider joining in and sending us a photo of the finished product. Details regarding drop-off to follow.