Come along to celebrate the official launch of the Alphington Community Battery and Village Power's Community Energy Program on Saturday 27th June from 10.30am to 1.00pm. The event will be held at the Melbourne Farmers’ Market, 2 Wingrove Street.

Activities include:  

• Official launch of the Alphington Community Battery

• Kids activities including face painting, treasure hunts, and boomerang bag decorating

• Stalls from local sustainable and community groups

• Coffee van on site

• Free scones and tea from the Country Women’s Association

• Battery artwork reveal and meet the artist

Please register at this link to attend so the CWA know how many scones to bake!

Graeme Martin, President of Village Power at the site for the Alphington Community Battery

We’ve got heaps of preserves for sale! Only $7. Pickles, chutneys and jams.

Thanks as always to everyone who came along to help us make these … and those who donated fruit and jars … it’s a collective effort!

Our ukulele group The Flukes gave us an amazing performance at the Alphington Show in March and on Sunday the 28th of June they are back again for a singalong!

Come down to the Centre from 3.00-4.30pm for an end of term celebration. We can’t wait to sing our hearts out to a classic list of songs, including:

-Sunny Afternoon

-Eight Days a Week

-Echo Beach

-Count on Me

-Then I Kissed Her

-I’m a Believer

-Happy Together

-Rhythm of the Falling Rain

-Hit the Road Jack

Book in online here.

Keen to join a daytime book club?

We are hoping to get a couple more people interested so we can start a Tuesday morning book club from July.

The group will meet monthly with books supplied by Darebin Libraries.

Click this link here to book your spot.

So many people help out at ACC … from our committee of governance members to those organising groups (book clubs, ukulele), helping with community lunch (cooking desserts, doing the dishes, setting up and packing up), cooking preserves, crafting, running activities (line dancing, community yoga), gardening, assisting with our AAA programs … and then those who help out at events! CWA Devonshire tea makers, BBQers, dog show wranglers and judges, kids activity helpers, ACC stall sellers … setter upperers and packer upperers. AMAZING!

ACC is an amazing community partnership that relies on so many people.

It was super to celebrate with some of our volunteers … along with volunteers from other houses in Yarra at a shared afternoon tea last Wednesday. Here are some lovely photos.