Repair Café Newburyport is organized by the Time Trade Network of Greater Newburyport and Toward Zero Waste Newburyport.
The organizers are:
Wendy Leavitt
As a member of the Time Trade Network of Greater Newburyport, Wendy’s concern for the environment, strengths in project management, and her “MacGyver” abilities led her to engage in this zero waste effort. Wendy lives in Newbury and handles recruitment, staff management and procurement for the event.
Elizabeth Marcus
Elizabeth is a resident of Newburyport and has been a member of the Time Trade Network since it began. She has attended Repair Cafés in Cambridge and Portland Maine and is excited to be introducing this model to the Newburyport area.
Beth Munro
A few years after becoming a founding member of the Time Trade Network of Greater Newburyport, Beth stumbled upon an article about Repair Cafés. She found the concept to be so fascinating, she knew she needed to do SOMETHING with the information. After sharing it with Elizabeth Marcus, who she knew was involved in Transition Newburyport, and with Christin Walth, who she knew as a local Toward Zero Waste guru, she thought, “Phew, now I can stop thinking about that.” Ha! The environment has always been important to Beth. As an undergrad at UNH, she had even helped to start the first Recycling Club–before it was in fashion! Today, she is amazed at how much more can be done via modern Zero Waste efforts.
As an Organizing Coach for Life & Home, Beth has seen a vast accumulation of goods in various states of disrepair. She sees firsthand the frustration that those broken items bring. Beth hopes the Repair Café can offer a cure for such clutter and become a way to prevent waste in and for the future.
Margaret Thomas
Margaret is a member of The Time Trade Network of Greater Newburyport. After attending the first Newburyport Repair Café in the spring of 2018 she had to be a part. Margaret couples her strengths in organization and logistics with her interest in bettering the community for all and a love of volunteering to work for successful Repair Cafés
Christin Walth
Christin Walth is an educator, explorer, and environmentalist with focus on Zero Waste. Walth has been living Toward Zero Waste since 2011 and always seeking ways to decrease her footprint.
Meo Young
Meo Young has attended the Repair Café from its beginning. She has always been impressed by the community of people coming together to share their time and talents in order to help others preserve what they have and reduce their consumption.
Over the years she has benefited from some unique and high quality repairs including a vintage bike from the 1950s and a wooden candy sign from the 1940s. She is now happily volunteering to help make it happen.
Toss it? No Way! 