Featured Volunteer: Susan Hanifin
Meet Susan Hanifin, devoted community member and a staple at the Tool Library’s Dare to Repair Cafes. Susan stumbled upon the Tool Library while constructing a Little Free Library for her neighborhood. This auspicious encounter has greatly benefited the Dare to Repair attendees who value Susan’s textile repair skills. How did you discover the Tool […]
Featured Volunteer: Kat Bordonaro
Meet Kat Bordonaro, a passionate advocate for sustainability and an invaluable volunteer at the Tool Library. Originally joining to assist with inventory management, Kat’s journey took an unforeseen turn during the pandemic. What motivated you to become a volunteer at the Tool Library, and how has the experience been? I started as a Tool Library […]
Featured Volunteer: Jack Eppolito
Meet Jack, a dedicated Tool Library fixer. A retired operations executive, Jack’s fixer expertise was cultivated in his father’s basement workshop during childhood. Volunteering at our Dare to Repair Cafes, as well as helping us fix tools at our shop, became a natural extension of his passion for fixing things and reducing waste. What motivated […]
Dare to Repair is RESCHEDULED due to snow!
Please note that due to Buffalo Public Library closures, we have rescheduled this Saturday’s Dare to Repair Cafe at the Frank E. Merriweather Library to Saturday, December 3rd from 11AM-2PM. If you are able to make this new date and time, please RSVP via the updated form on our website: https://www.thetoollibrary.org/daretorepair/ We look forward to seeing you […]
Dare to Repair is BACK on November 19th!
Get your stuff fixed for FREE at our next Dare to Repair Cafe on Saturday, November 19th at 11AM at Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library. What is a Dare to Repair Cafe you might ask? It’s a popup community event where you can bring a broken item and work with a team of fixers to try […]
March and April Dare to Repair Cafes Cancelled.
Please note that as a precautionary measure to help ‘flatten the curve‘ of Coronavirus and following recommendations to limit gatherings or 10 or more people, our March and April Dare to Repair Cafes are cancelled. We are closely monitoring the situation and will be following the best guidelines set by health officials. Latest updates, including […]
Dare to Repair Back in the Habit in 2020
Dare to Repair Cafes are back and better than ever in 2020! Coming off three years of sharing repairs across WNY, the Tool Library, Buffalo Recycles, and their partners in repair have hosted 18 repair cafes, successfully fixed 394 items, and diverted 3,186 lbs. of trash from local landfills. Those looking to ‘get fixed’ for […]
Dare to Repair’s BIG Impact on Waste
While these numbers don’t exactly capture the magic of our Dare to Repair events, they do show us how small changes can have a BIG impact. 🛠️ As current recycling technologies reach their limits of usefulness, reducing, re-using, and repairing the things we consume has become increasingly important to creating sustainable solutions to addressing the global waste stream. Dare […]
Dare to Repair Fall 2019 Planning Meeting
Join the Dare to Repair crew on Wednesday, August 14th from 5-6pm at the CoLab (9 W. Northrup Place) right next to the Tool Library as we plan for our Fall 2019 schedule. This will be a general meeting, so if you’re looking to join our team of dynamic thinkers and tinkerers, here’s your chance! All are […]
Dare to Repair Cafés Return in 2019!
The Dare to Repair Café is about to kick off its third year of fixing stuff instead of ditching it. Coming off a highly successful 2017 and 2018 which saw 354 items and 1998lbs of waste diverted from local landfills over the course of nine events, partners are excited to announce the 2019 lineup of FREE fix-it […]