Wednesday, February 26
BERALA Community Centre will host a free Super Smart Toddlers and Babies session, 10am-12pm. Suitable for ages up to five years. Details: 8757 9026.
THE Auburn Centre For Community hosts weekly free beginners sewing classes, 10am-12pm. Details: 8757 9028.
JOIN the launch of Cumberland Council’s community bag share with a morning tea at the Berala Community Centre, 11-11.30am. During 2019, volunteers attended sewing bees and together created more than 50 reusable ‘Boomerang’ shopping bags from repurposed materials. Details: 8757 9640.
Thursday, February 27
THE Afternoon Movie Club at Merrylands Library will host a free classic film screening, 2-4.30pm. Bookings: 8757 9065.
Friday, February 28
LEARN how to cook Afghan cuisine with a Flavours of Auburn cooking class at the Auburn Centre for Community, 6-9pm. Tickets are $70 for adults; $50, local residents; $45, concession (plus booking fee). Details: 8757 9796.
DOOLEYS Camera Club will meet at Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club at 7.30pm. Details: 9773 9666.
JOIN the Nick Nack Knitters at Berala Community Centre from 11.30am-3pm. Details: 8757 9026. A knitting group also meets at Merrylands Library on Saturdays, 1-3pm. Details: 8757 9065.
Saturday, February 29
BIRDLIFE Southern NSW will host a free Shorebird Workshop, including guest speaker author Harry Saddler, as well as a brief Annual General Meeting (AGM), at Sydney Olympic Park Education Centre in Bicentennial Park on Homebush Bay Drive, on Saturday, February 29, 9am-3pm. Register via Eventbrite or for more info, visit birdlife.org.au.
GUILDFORD’S Red Cross shop will hold its monthly ‘garage sale’, 9am-12pm, in the Tom Collins room next to the library; the store is also open Thursdays and Fridays, 9am-12pm.
Sunday, March 1
THE Friends of Rookwood will hold a guided walk through the cemetery from 10am-12.30pm. Meet at the Chapel of St Michael the Archangel, near William Drive, Rookwood Cemetery. Tours cost $15 a person, or $10 for members. Details: Julie, 0419 986 589 or Loraine, 0414 507 987.
Monday, March 2
AUBURN Poets and Writers group meets to encourage and discuss writing, and work together towards performance opportunities at Auburn Library from 6-8pm. Details: 9896 6956; 0422 263 373; or dannylivepoets@yahoo.com.au.
JOIN Merrylands Library’s Monday Book Club from 10am. Swap recommendations, discover new authors and meet other book-lovers in the area. Details: 8757 9065.
AUBURN-LIDCOMBE Girl Guides aged six to 15, meet at the Auburn Guide Hall on Olympic Drive, Lidcombe, 6-7.45pm. Details: Fay, 9649 8601 or Ruth, 0404 666 952.
Tuesday, March 3
FIRST Granville Scouts meet in the Scout Hall in Markey Street, South Granville, 6.45-8.15pm. Cubs (8-10 years) and Scouts (11-14 years) take part in games and training. Membership is free for 2020. Details: 9681 2478.
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