Author: Long Beach Time Exchange

The Long Beach Time Exchange is a group of volunteers coordinating a community network to facilitate the sharing of time and talents for the common good.

Long Beach Time Exchange Potluck Social + Mini Repair Cafe

We’re planning our next in-person gathering:

  • When: Sunday, Oct 25, 2026 | 12:00-4:00 PM
  • Where: Long Beach Forward
    2217 E. 6th St, Long Beach, CA 90814 (Rose Park)

Click here to RSVP
(Free event, but space is limited)

Join us to learn more about Time Exchanging, meet current members, and explore what becomes possible when we pool our talents and time together.

NEW: Mini Repair Cafe for Computers, Phones and Jewelry

While you can get many items back in working order at the LBC Fix It Clinics, you can’t bring computers, mobile phones, or jewelry there… 

So we’re hosting a mini repair cafe!

For Jewelry

  • Common repairs: Replacing broken clasps, re-attaching jump rings, re-stringing beads on wire or elastic, simple gluing, and reshaping bent metal links.
  • Limitations: We generally do not perform micro-soldering, high-end fine jewelry casting, or gemstone resetting requiring jeweler’s torches.

For jewelry, often particular parts are needed. Give us details in advance (when your rsvp) , and we’ll do our best! (You might need to supply any specific replacement clasps or unique parts.)

For computers and phones we can:

  • Guide you to see what’s slowing down your device and recommend actions you can take to speed things up.
  • Troubleshoot other issues – like not fully booting up and errors.
  • Guide you on installing (and familiarizing yourself with) a Linux OS – allowing Windows 10 users especially to breathe new life into their laptops that are out of support. (If you want to go that route you would lose ALL data on that machine and are fully responsible for ensuring that you have a copy of important data.)

We are NOT

  • A data recovery service
  • Responsible if you choose to wipe your phone or laptop and lose something.  You are responsible for taking a backup beforehand.
  • Able to fix devices that don’t power on at all. It must show something on the screen – it can be an error or just a few lines of text, but it must show something.
  • Able to repair screens

We are happy to look at any devices you bring in, but currently only recommend:

  • Laptops purchased in the last 7 years
  • Samsung/Google phones from the last 5 years
  • Android phones from the last 2 years.

Click here to RSVP

LBTE Member Orientation & Online Chat

Upcoming Zoom Sessions

Based on feedback from a recent member survey, we’re starting a monthly video chat — a casual space to ask questions, get platform support, exchange ideas, or just say hi to fellow neighbors.

  • Upcoming dates: Sep 23 and Oct 28, 2026 (both are Wednesdays at 7PM)

Register for one or both dates, and we’ll send you the Zoom link.

Timebanking in a Nutshell

A request becomes a conversation. A conversation becomes a relationship. A relationship becomes trust. And trust becomes community.

Timebanking comes to life wherever people discover that they have something to offer and something to receive.

Not because we are self-sufficient. Not because we are dependent. But because we are interdependent.

Long Beach Fixit Clinic: July 11, 2026

  • Date: Saturday July 11, 2026
  • Time: 12-3pm (organizers/volunteers/fixers arrive earlier to setup)
  • Location: Sports Basement, 3rd floor, 2100 N. Bellflower Blvd.

RSVP

Register to attend or volunteer: https://events.humanitix.com/july-2026-long-beach-fixit-clinic

Volunteers/fixers earn time-credits via LBTE!

PDF Brochure

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Save the Date: LBTE Gathering May 31!

Community Gathering of the Long Beach Time Exchange

We’re planning our next in-person gathering:

  • When: Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 12:00-2:00 PM
  • Where: Long Beach Forward “People’s Room”
    2217 E. 6th St, Long Beach, CA 90814 (Rose Park)
Click here to RSVP

(Free event, but space is limited)

Join us to learn more about Time Exchanging, meet current members, and explore what becomes possible when we pool our talents and time together.

Fix It Clinic: April 25, 2026

We’re looking forward to the next Long Beach Fix It!

  • Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 12-3 PM
  • At the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, 5870 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach

Bring broken items, learn repair skills, and keep things out of landfills!

NOTE: Attendee pre-registration is sold out, however, walk-ins are welcome

Hope to see you there!

Reimaging Connection Pop-Up Gallery Opening

Reimagining Connection Pop-up Gallery—an interactive queer and trans-led art gallery—debuts March 20th, 2026 at Long Beach Forward with a 5-9PM Opening.

Enjoy the evening with music by DJ Salaczar, delicious food, and cozy spots to sit and chat.

This gallery aims to bring together queer and trans artists to create art that reimagines and nurtures interdependency within our community, fostering care, support, and fulfillment of needs beyond the constraints of current societal structures.

As a community-driven event, it will also include initiatives led by community members, offering all attendees opportunities to learn, connect, and collaborate.

More:

Mark Your Calendars: Fix It Clinic

The next Long Beach Fix It Clinic will be

  • Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 12-3PM
  • At the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library,5870 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach

Bring broken items, learn repair skills, and keep things out of landfills!

🔧 Register to attend or volunteer (Volunteers will earn LBTE time credits)

Save the Date: LBTE Gathering March 7!

Community Gathering of the Long Beach Time Exchange

We’re planning our next in-person gathering:

  • When: Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 2:00-4:00 PM
  • Where: Long Beach Forward “People’s Room”
    2217 E. 6th St, Long Beach, CA 90814 (Rose Park)
Click here to RSVP

(Free event, but space is limited)

Join us to learn more about Time Exchanging, meet current members, and explore what becomes possible when we pool our talents and time together.

LBC Recycle Your Textiles Event

The City of Long Beach is partnering with SUAY, a closed-loop recycling operation in Los Angeles, to host a one-day drop-off event for unwanted clothing, towels, and light blankets, providing Long Beach residents with a convenient and responsible way to recycle textiles at no cost. Ripped jeans? Stained t-shirt? Join us to drop-off your unwanted textiles!

Date and Time: Saturday, January 31st, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (or until max capacity is reached)

Drop-off locations:

  • Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library (5870 Atlantic Ave.)
  • Mark Twain Neighborhood Library (1401 E. Anaheim St.)
  • El Dorado Park West (2760 E. Barrios St.)

Accepted:

  • Clothes
  • Towels
  • Light blankets
  • Stains, holes, and rips are okay
  • A maximum of two standard 13-gallon bags per person

NOT Accepted:

  • Undergarments (socks, bras, underwear)
  • Sheets, pillowcases, duvets
  • Stuffed items (pillows, comforters)
  • Animal furs
  • Children’s clothing

Learn more on the website: LBCity.info/textilerecycling

Contact: LBC Materials Management Bureau, 
Email: LBRecycles@longbeach.gov
Phone: 562-570-2869

Social media: @LBrecycles