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Walnut Creek’s next city-wide Repair Café will take place on August 1, 2026, from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Civic Park Community Center – Assembly Hall, located at 1375 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek.
This free community event is open to all!
What Can You Bring?
- Small household items
- Small appliances (toasters, blenders, espresso machines, etc.)
- Jewelry
- Clothing
- Lamps
- Computers
- And more!
Please bring just one item per person, and our volunteer coaches will do their best to repair your item or suggest next steps if additional work is needed.
What is a repair café?
A repair café is a community event where people can bring in broken items, like clothing or small appliances, to be fixed by volunteer repair coaches for free. This extends the life of these items and reduces waste in our community. By fixing instead of replacing, we also save valuable resources and money. You can find out more information about repair cafés and where to find them here.
Past Repair Cafés
Walnut Creek successfully held its first city-wide repair café on January 25, 2025 at the Civic Park Community Center! Of the 164 items that were brought in, more than two thirds of the items left either fully or partially fixed. This event was inspired by Rossmoor resident Pam Giarrizzo who organized a repair café at Rossmoor in early 2024.
Want to volunteer?
The repair cafés in Walnut Creek and beyond are made possible thanks to our wonderful volunteer repair coaches. If you or someone you know has a knack for fixing items (appliances, clothing, electronics, etc.) and would like to volunteer, please reach out to us at sustainability@walnutcreekca.gov!
To learn about repair events happening all over the Bay Area, check out: cultureofrepair.org/community-repair-events/.
Reducing Waste
In Walnut Creek, as part of the City’s Sustainability Action Plan, we’re aiming to divert 75% of community waste away from landfills by 2030. This means that 75% of that waste will instead be recycled, composted, or repaired. As of 2017, we were at a residential diversion rate of 67%, and we hope that this event will push us even further towards goal to reduce waste.