Repair Fair

Community Repair Fair

Sat. July 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Located in Hatfield's Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building

In this free, public event, participants from the community brought their broken household items to Hatfield Marine Science Center to see if they could be fixed by a volunteer. The event also featured five repair and upcycling workshops, and community members and organizations shared information about waste reduction at tables in the lobby. More than 30 volunteers served as Expert Fixers, presenters, and/or general event helpers. Best of all,  99 items were brought to the event, and a whopping 78% of the items were fixed! See photos on the HMSC Flickr page

See photos on the HMSC Flickr page

Expert Fixers Shared Their Skills

Fix Things * Learn Skills * Prevent Waste

This event was coordinated by Oregon Sea Grant and the Innovation Lab at OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center, with help from the HMSC Green Team. Tabling organizations included Thompson's Sanitary Service, Habitat for Humanity's Newport ReStore, Oceana Natural Foods Co-op, and the Ecotox and Environmental Stress (Brander) Lab at OSU.

We hope to make the Repair Fair an annual tradition at HMSC!