Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair?
Bring it to the Repair Fair!
Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items. We ask that you stay with your item while it's being fixed and participate as much as you’d like!
Find all the details and link to register or volunteer here
Guilty. Even though I read 41 books last year, my purchases doubled that. I'm a reader, but more than that I am a typical American consumer. Under the guise of supporting local authors and independent bookstores, influenced by raving heartfelt reviews from friends, family and, I'll admit it…#booktok, I look at my busting shelves not at all shocked when the host of Freakonomics Radio mentioned that 320 million books a year are thrown away. Thrown away! But it doesn’t have to be that way…
Impact. To have a strong effect on someone or something.
In 2025, we certainly had impact - some easy to quantify, but lots of it harder to track. We have tried to include both quantitative and qualitative datapoints here. If one metric is growth, we have increased our budget, people, space, and programs this year.
Download the full 2025 Impact Report below.
