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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Western suburbs

How does your garden grow?

Learn how to care for your garden roses at Altona Memorial Park on June 22. Starts 10am at 2 Dohertys Road, Altona North. Places are limited.

9355 3199

Talking trucks

A second ‘Trucks and the Inner West’ forum will be held from 6-8pm, Wednesday, June 25, at Maribyrnong City Council town hall, corner Hyde and Napier streets.

■ 9688 0200

Little worlds

Hobsons Bay Libraries’ Little Worlds school holiday program, running from June 30 to July 11, will include a puppet show, mystery movie, didgeridoo lessons for NAIDOC Week and Minecraft youth event.

■ 1300 462 542

Tighten screws on theft

Altona North police and SES volunteers will fit anti-theft screws to numberplates on June 21, from 9am-noon at Central Square Shopping Centre, corner Queen and Merton streets, Altona Meadows.

Building bikes

Footscray Rotary is seeking volunteers to monitor activity at a community bike shed from 11am-3pm, Saturdays. Rotary needs donated bikes and people who can work on the bikes to bring them up to near-new condition for allocation to refugees in the community. A Bike Shed Open Day from 11am-3pm this Saturday will include a barbecue and other activities.

■ Rodney, 0417 350 890

Learn T-shirt printing

Are you 14-20, living in the west and wanting to learn T-shirt design and screen printing? Free sessions at Woods Street Arts Space, 44 Woods Street, Laverton, 2-5pm every second Saturday from June 28.

■ 0419 160 067

Scout out

Children aged seven and up are invited to join the 2nd Newport Scout Group. The group plays games, goes camping and learns to look after the environment. At Newport Scout Hall, Monday nights.

■ Leona, 0418 518 689

Anxiety support

Anxiety Support Group meets every Tuesday from 7.30pm at 5 Sargood Street, Altona. Cost is $3.

■ 9398 2511

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