Pet registration reminder
Remember it’s time to register your four-legged friends. All pet owners are required by law to microchip and register their cats and dogs from three months of age with their council before April 10 each year to help keep them safe. Owners of sterilised pets pay a reduced fee. More details are online.
■ Hume 9205 2200 Whittlesea 9217 2170
Foster carers needed
Ever thought about fostering children who need to live away from their families due to neglect, abuse or family crisis? Come and find out if this is for you at an information session in Preston on Wednesday, April 15, from 7-8.30pm. Learn more about children needing care and how to become a foster carer. Phone Anglicare Broadmeadows for an information kit and venue details.
■ Kay, 9301 5200
Rose garden working bee
The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden in Green Street, Bulla, will host a working bee on Saturday, April 11, from 10.30am until 2.30pm. Wear boots and bring gloves and lunch to share. All welcome.
■ Helen, 9205 2306
Hard rubbish collection
Thinking of doing a clean-up at home over the school holidays or Easter break? Book your free hard-waste home collection today and get details about your entitlements and what items can be collected.
■ 9205 2200
Compost workshop
Get your hands dirty learning how to make the most of your compost on April 11, 10am-noon at Carome Homestead, 10 Hathfelde Boulevard, Mernda. We’ll be in the garden, so dress for the weather – sunscreen, a hat, gardening gloves and a drink bottle. Bookings are essential.
■ Fiona, 0407 138 396
National Youth Week events
Hume’s young people are invited to celebrate National Youth Week with free and fun events happening across the city from April 10-19. Celebrations kick off with a Hume youth centre open day. Activities include DJ & hip-hop dance workshops, street art demonstrations and workshops, 3D printing demonstrations, zine and badge making, on April 10, noon-5pm, at Youth Central, 33-37 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows.
■ 9404 8863
Young organisers needed
As part of National Youth Week (April 10-19), Whittlesea council’s youth team, Baseline for Young People, is looking for students in years 7 to 10 to help with the following skills – young creatives keen to run art workshops, musicians to entertain shoppers at Westfield Plenty Valley, and organisers to help plan and run local events during the week. To get involved, phone 9404 8800 or email baseline@whittlesea.vic.gov.au for more information.
Saturday immunisations
If you missed school or maternal child health immunisations, Whittlesea council is holding Saturday immunisation sessions at the Civic Centre, 25 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang, to help families catch up. They’re two-hour sessions from 10am-noon on the second Saturday of every month. The next one is on April 11. Everyone is welcome, from infants six-weeks-old to children from years 7 to 10.
■ 9217 2133
