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Fix-It Fair at Santa Barbara Public Library
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join our friends at the Santa Barbara Public Library for the second annual Fix-It Fair- a fun, hands-on event where community members can learn how to repair and reuse!
Bring your broken or worn items and get help from local experts and volunteers to bring them back to life. Reduce waste and get your clothes, jewelry, bicycles, and more fixed by local volunteers! Upcycle your clothes with fun stamps, learn about refillable bulk products from Sunkissed Pantry, swap plants with Idyll Mercantile, and participate in a community dye bath with Explore Ecology.
📍 Santa Barbara Public Library – Central Branch
🗓️ Saturday, May 17, 2025
🕐 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Explore Ecology participating from 2:30 to 4:00 PM)
🎟️ Free and open to all ages!
Fix and Learn With:
- Indigo Dye Bath with Explore Ecology from 2:30–4:00 PM (bring one item to dip—limited extras available, first come, first served)
- Bike Repairs from BiciCentro, AS Bikes, and Velo Pro
- Jewelry and Clothing Repair
- Clothing Upcycling with stamps
- Bulk Product Refills from Sunkissed Pantry (bring an empty container!)
- Plant Swap with Idyll Mercantile
Participation in the Fix-It Fair is free and volunteers will assist attendees on a first-come, first-serve basis. For those bringing multiple items to repair, please be advised that if others are waiting, we will repair one item and ask that you wait in line again for additional repairs so that we can serve as many people as possible in the short time we have. Items requiring additional parts and tools may be referred out to other local organizations/businesses. Repairs cannot be guaranteed but volunteers will do their best!
This project was supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Josh was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where his passion and curiosity for the environment began and has continued to grow. During his undergraduate studies, Josh pursued this interest at the University of California at Santa Cruz, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies.
Melissa Dodos developed her passion for creative reuse as a mother of four and elementary educator over the past 25 years. She loves to inspire creativity by connecting people with resources and ideas.
Veronica grew up in San Diego and spent four years in San Luis Obispo studying Animal Science at Cal Poly. As an undergrad she learned lots about livestock, agriculture, and wildlife.
Stephanie began her journey as an educator over twenty years ago working as a preschool teacher in Washington state for a cooperative preschool program affiliated with Whatcom Community College. She loved observing the wonder and curiosity of the children and bringing them out into nature to explore the natural world. She continued her love for learning and got her teaching license and then her Montessori certification and worked as an elementary teacher in Tribal, Public, and Montessori schools. She collaborated to create a school garden and her students loved it so much that it became a special place where they could garden, read, explore, play, and it provided a safe sanctuary for students to calm down and reset when they were having difficult moments.
Morgan’s mermaid soul is always seeking adventure—swimming a relay across the Santa Barbara Channel and taking the first photo of a newborn orca off Anacapa Island being standout experiences close to home.
Lindsay Johnson
