Get fit: Pilates classes at the Brentwood Community Youth Club on Tuesdays at 5.30pm and 6.30pm. Sessions start on October 16 for eight weeks. Bookings essential. Bring your own mat. Details: 0439 109 775.
Ladies night: Mulgrave Primary School, Gladeswood Drive, is hosting a Ladies Market Night fund-raiser, 6-9pm Thursday in the multi-purpose building featuring beauty, clothing, homewares, cleaning and much more! Tickets $2 at the door (includes a glass of non-alcoholic bubbly on arrival and entry into our fantastic raffle giveaways). Details: 0434 417 828.
Waverley fete: Glen Waverley Uniting Church annual fete, 8.30am-2pm Saturday, corner Bogong Avenue and Kingsway, Free animal farm (9am-noon), facepainting, music and food, BBQ, pizza, fairy floss, sweets and drinks. A silent auction includes two seven-day stays at a fully furnished house on Phillip Island with reserves at half the commercial rates for this December school holidays. All proceeds to the community and projects in East Timor and Kenya. Details: 9803 7653.
Support group: The Monash Stroke Support Group will hold a morning tea for carers at 10.30am on Friday at the Highvale Retirement Village on Capital Avenue in Glen Waverley. The group's general meeting is at 10.30am on Friday, October 26, at the Uniting Church on 482 High Street Road, Mount Waverley. Stroke survivors, carers and families welcome. Details: 9877 6945.
Information session: Friends of Scotchmans Creek and Valley Reserve annual meeting at 7.30pm on Thursday at the Black Flat Community Centre on the corner of Waverley and Springvale Roads. Details: 9802 3481.
Meeting time: The Probus Club of Mount Waverley's October meeting is at 10am on Thursday at the Mount Waverley Masonic Centre on 328 Stephensons Road, Mount Waverley. Arctic marathon participant Sharyn Fitzgerald is the guest speaker. RSVP essential. Details: Roger Stevenson, 9830 8293.
Taking care: The Monash Men's Shed is holding a health day at 10am on Tuesday, October 30. There will be tours of the shed, a barbecue and a free hearing check. Meet at the Monash Men's Shed, 77 Bogong Avenue, Glen Waverley. Everyone welcome. Details: 9561 8557 or or 9807 6011.