Did you know we have a toy library at ACC?

It is an amazing community resource that has been running for many years.

It costs $45 +gst a year to join and you can borrow up to 4 toys at a time for a 2 week period.

We have a super range of indoor and outdoor toys you can borrow, fist bikes, scooters, walkers, party kits, musical instruments , puzzles and more. Our toys are suitable for children from birth through kinder.

Toy libraries are a great way to try toys out before you buy … and to ensure your house doesn’t become overrun with things. They are also great for the planet 🌍 - reducing waste.

Our toy library is now fully online and you can book your toys anytime, then collect them on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.

We have grandparents as members along with parents. Join up today.

Hello Toy Library Members,

Just a quick reminder that we have set the last date for borrowing as this coming Tuesday November 28th.

This allows two weeks of use to return before we close for this year.

The last return date for all toys to be Tuesday 12th of December.

Thank you for using the Toy Library.

Sarah’s last theme blog for the year is:

Got to keep on moving

• Toy cars

• Bikes and ride-ons

• Boats

• Tractor

• Train track

• Plane

• Fire trucks

• Melbourne Tram with people

• Diggers

• Baby swing

• Baby steps walking carts

• Stilt steps

Great to have our local State MP Kat Theophanous pop in this week to talk about our news, the toy library, our AGM etc.

We’ve had some fabulous support from the State Government in the last few years with additional grants and funding.

As you know, we generally get by on the smell of an oily rag, so these one-off investments are amazing opportunities for us …

The Alphington Toy Library has been reinvented online. You can now scroll though all the toys, book them at a time that suits you, then pop past to collect them on Tuesdays.

Find out more and join up here.

This week Sarah (our volunteer who comes along to fill the orders) has put together some borrowing ideas for the theme

‘Do you want to come to my party?

Toys in our library that fit in with this theme include:

• costumes - pirate, fairy, ballerina etc.

• outdoor games - stilts, tunnels, parachute for group activities etc.

• wooden birthday cake

• party set (great for sustainable parties)

• tea set

• board games

Did you know we have a Toy Library at ACC? It has been around since the 1980s … so for lots of adults who grew up in the neighbourhood, it is how they first came to know us.

We have 400+ toys in this amazing community resource and after A LOT of work by Kalimna (she has worked on this tirelessly for hours on end) we now have it fully online.

We’d like to thank the Inner North Community Foundation for supporting this transition as part of their Covid recovery community investment commitment.

We’ve been taking baby steps for a bit trialling the system … and now we’re thinking we might be ready to run (or at least walk right across the room) …

So … Join up! Join up!

It cost $45 per year and you can borrow 4 toys at a time.

Then you can return them in two weeks, or renew your loan. And when you are ready reserve 4 more.

Note, bookings need to be made before 10am on Tuesday. This is when our long-standing friend Sarah comes in to fill the orders.

Families can then collect their toys between 1pm-4pm that afternoon (Tuesday) here at ACC.

And … if you have a sleeping bub in the car let us know (call the office on 9499 7227 if you can’t wave us down through the window) and if we can we’ll bring the toys out to you (our very own neighbourhoodly version of click and collect).

Toys in our library include baby play toys, games, trikes and bikes, puzzles, musical instruments, construction kits and loads of imaginative play items. And there are some super vintage items along the way (that have survived from back when it all began).

Check it out here.

Also … if something is a bit glitchy in our system please let us know … we’re definitely teething at the minute!

Also, also … if you are already a member contact us - Kalimna has already set you up in the system … and we’ll make sure your payments take into account the period we were out of action (note Kalimna is in Tuesday and Thursday).