ABOUT

The co-founders are two Mid-Haight neighbors with a passion for reducing our impact on the environment and building community.


 

We are volunteer driven, with over 50 volunteers signed up (thank you!) who have an interest in repairing or helping with logistics or baking cakes. We have applied for a SF Environment grant which we will hear about at the end of September 2025. If we are not successful, we will be looking for other ways to support our running costs.

We intend to join the Repair Café Foundation based in the Netherlands, a non-profit organization that supports local groups around the world in setting up their own repair cafes.  There are a range of other ‘fix-it clinics’ and ‘repair fairs’ around the Bay, but nothing regular in San Francisco. 

Courtney is an artist, gallery curator, event producer and founder of People!Art!Music! (PAM!)—which she founded to celebrate and uplift local art, community, and connection through public events and design—and with which the Repair Cafe concept aligns perfectly. 

Claire has been working on sustainability issues in the built environment for over 20 years, and was inspired to set up the Repair Café because of her friend Charlotte’s successful Chiswick Repair Café in London.