Hi all, a reminder that if you come to ACC we’d really appreciate if you could fill out our participant survey this week. Just click here.

Alternatively, you can scan the QR code below. Or you can complete a hard copy in the office … but ONLINE IS BEST.

The survey is about what you do at ACC, why you come along and how attending ACC makes you feel - particularly in relation to community connections.

Thanks so much for taking the time!

A short post this week, with a few reminders.

• We have Crunch on Thursday at 12.30pm. $15 for a delicious lunch and a creative activity.

• Come along on Friday at 10.30am for morning tea and have a chat with Clare about our multi-use garden. It should be interesting. This Garden Tour is part of Urban Agriculture month.

• Next week we have Preserves Group at 1pm on Tuesday and Movie Club on in the evening. We’ll let you know the movie and the time later this week.

• We’ll be getting ready for the Makers Market on Saturday 23 November from 11am-2pm which also coincides with the start of the Alphington Open Studios weekends. We are once again really looking forward to hosting local artists here at ACC and the market is always a great local community event. We hope you can make it.

Also, next week we’ll be participating in the 4 yearly Community Survey that is run by our peak body Neighbourhood Houses Victoria (NHVic). We’ll have QR codes around our site and will ask everyone who comes along to take two minutes to participate and complete the survey. The survey really helps us build a picture of the value of our house in terms of community need for our services and why and how people engage with us … and it is fundamental to securing our ongoing funding as a sector - so we’d be really grateful if you participated. Keep an eye out for the QR codes if you are here!

Lots on (still) as we roll into the end of the year … see you soon.

Leanne

We’ve had an abundance of lemon 🍋 donations (thanks everyone) - and Clare is keen to share how to make your own cleaner with them. It’ll make your house smell delightful! And … is very effective.

So, we are going to run a pop-up workshop on Thursday 12 September from 11am for an hour. The cost is $10. You can book in using the link below.

BYO passata size jar (or 2 or 3 or 4) - you might have some you could share? Clare will take you through the steps. We’ll make you a fancy coffee!

It’ll be lovely.

Register here if you are keen to come along.

This week we planted some dwarf crepe myrtles out the front in our garden beds. When they grow they will only be about 1.5 metres high, but they will match in colour to the beautiful crepe myrtle out the front of the Community Shed. And so we’ll have some consistent planting drifting across the front our site - which will look lovely.

Also, have you noticed our billy buttons - they are growing amazingly out on the hill at the very corner of our site … Clare is feeling very proud!

And Tom and Corrado are also proud of the sculpture they installed out the front last week. Our AAA Arts group has been painting and cutting and connecting it for ages … and we are glad it is finally installed. It looks super.

The time has come to prune our fruit trees in our little urban orchard. Corrado and Keiko started on the apples along the back fence the week before last, and then moved on to the smaller trees along the boundary fence last week. We still have some to go … so if you are interested in tree pruning but a bit nervous you might like to come along and have a chat this Friday whilst we finish them off.

Gardening Group is part of our Friday Community Morning program. It runs from 10am-12pm.