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Hi everyone,

Welcome back! Sorry there was no post last week…… I was caught up helping my sister run The Red Gum Festival in her hometown of Cavendish and completely forgot … it was an excellent small town festival though!

We hope everyone had a nice Easter break, and we’re so glad to be back. It has been terrific catching up with so many people in the last week at Preserves on Tuesday, Community Lunch on Friday, and along the way throughout the week. So lovely to see you all.

This week you should definitely come along to our Op-Shop Adventure on Thursday and if you’re a man, join John for the Men’s Breakfast on Saturday (see posts below for more information about these events). On Thursday we will also be hosting another monthly Embracing Life and Death discussion from 1-3pm, this time talking about life-limiting illnesses. Please contact eoldoulasinmelb@gmail.com if you would like to register.

Our other regular programs will all begin for the term next week. If anyone tried to book into Garden to Plate last week and couldn’t see this term’s availabilities, please note that issue should be fixed now and bookings are available on our website. We are looking forward to seeing you at the first session on Thursday 7 May.

Cheers Leanne

Hi there,

You’re warmly invited to our next Men’s Breakfast this coming Saturday, May 2nd. 

It’s a simple and meaningful way to start the weekend—sharing food, conversation, and connection in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

Details:
Saturday 2nd May
8:00am – 10:30am
2 Kelvin Road, Alphington

Cost: $15

You can pay and secure your spot here: https://tinyurl.com/ms36f8ak

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to John on 0439 899 352.

Whether you’ve been before or it’s your first time, you’re very welcome. And if someone comes to mind who could benefit, bring them along.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Warm regards,
John

Hi everyone,

It’s our last week before the Easter holidays. Programs this week will wrap up early on Thursday as Lee is on school camp with her baby Oscar who is at FPS and I have to get to parent teacher interviews at NHS for my baby Scarlett who is in year 12 … which sadly means we won’t be running Crunch or Community Lunch this week.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 7.30pm Village Power will be coming to ACC for a Q&A about Alphington’s new community led battery, and if anyone is interested in getting involved and helping to reduce carbon emissions you are more than welcome to come along!

Coming up during the holidays we will have another of our monthly Men’s Breakfasts on Saturday the 11th of April from 8am-11am. Don’t forget to book in online here.

And next term is going to be really fun with Sustainability Workshops, Thrift-Seeking opportunities, and Community Yoga.

Keep an eye on our newsletter in the coming weeks for further information.

For now we want to wish everyone a happy Easter, and we’ll see you in term 2.

Also … check out all the amazing photos in the posts from this week (below) specifically thanking volunteers, showcasing the dog show … and all the other things! As usual Kalimna did an amazing job in capturing our event in pictures (on top of all her back-end organising!). We’re so lucky to have her here!

Cheers Leanne

Our red carpet edition … kids, adults and fur babies galore!