PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release 2/12/2026
Sustainable Saratoga & Innovation Center Host Malta Repair Café on Saturday, Feb. 21
Media Contact: Caroline Rothaug: caroline@sustainablesaratoga.org
Saratoga Springs, NY – After a successful debut last fall, the Malta Repair Café is back—ready to give broken household items a second life and bring neighbors together in the process. The first Malta Repair Café, held in October 2025 at the Innovation Center at Saratoga, welcomed 45 community members and repaired an impressive 36 everyday items, all thanks to the skill and generosity of volunteer repair coaches.
Based on that enthusiastic response, the Malta Repair Café will return on Saturday, February 21, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Innovation Center at Saratoga, 16 Old Stonebreak Road, Malta, NY. The event is free and open to the public.
Repair Cafés are hands-on, community-powered events where knowledgeable volunteers help attendees diagnose and fix broken items—while sharing skills and confidence along the way. Participants are invited to bring items from home such as small furniture, toys, lamps, kitchen appliances, vacuums, clothing and textiles, jewelry, books, ceramics, and more. If you can carry it in, the Repair Café team will do their best to fix it. Sustainable Saratoga Programs Manager Caroline Rothaug is one of the organizers: “What could be better than a day of people who love to fix things working with the owners of broken items to put them back in working order? Six days! Sustainable Saratoga is doubling the number of Repair Cafés we co-host to six in 2026.”
“The Innovation Center is proud to host the Malta Repair Café and support an event that brings people together to share skills, reduce waste, and strengthen our community,” said Beth Moeller from The Innovation Center at Saratoga. “Seeing neighbors help one another while giving everyday items a second life is exactly the kind of innovation we love to foster.”
More than just a fix-it event, the Repair Café is about reducing waste, saving money, and rediscovering the value of repair. By extending the life of everyday objects and keeping them out of landfills, Repair Cafés help build a more sustainable community—one repair at a time.
More info at https://sustainablesaratoga.org/projects/zero-waste/repair-cafe-saratoga-springs/
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS
The Innovation Center at Saratoga, Inc. is a makerspace and community collaboration space supporting inventors, creators, and the innovators of the future. The Innovation Center at Saratoga, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Sustainable Saratoga is a not-for-profit organization that promotes sustainable practices and the protection of natural resources, through education, advocacy and action, for the benefit of current and future generations in the Saratoga Springs area. Since 2008, Sustainable Saratoga has been a leader in promoting awareness of environmental issues and what we as a local community can do to minimize our ecological impact while maintaining a high quality of life.
