Grab your kids this school holidays with $5 tickets* to see 'A Minecraft Movie' at Metro Cinemas Boronia. Be there or be square! Screening commences at 1:45pm. Please arrive early to collect tickets and visit the candy bar. *Each $10 group ticket has been subsidised by EAMBA Movie only or Combo movie, food and drink tickets available for pre-purchasing discounted candy bar items. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Terms & Conditions: Member pricing tickets available to EAMBA members and their household. Tickets on sale until 11:59pm Monday April 14, 2025. One ticket required per person attending (adults and children). Minimum one ticketed adult per household must be present in cinema throughout screening. Where parents are unable to attend, tickets may be purchased for up to 2 carers (ie grandparents) to attend with your children.  Tickets to be collected on the day (Wednesday April 16, 2025) between 1:00-1:30. COMBO tickets will need to be shown at Candy bar to redeem food and drinks. Additional food and drinks can be purchased on the day at normal candy bar prices. Limit 40 tickets available.  Extra tickets may be released depending on demand and availability. Session may be shared with the general public depending on qty of tickets sold. Seating will be in a reserved area. Event Requires 20 ticket sales to proceed.   Candy Bar Combos are: Venue Accessibility: Combo one: One ticket plus a small popcorn Combo two: One ticket plus a choc top Combo three: One ticket plus medium popcorn and medium drink Combo four: One ticket plus medium popcorn, medium drink and choc top   ***Unfortunately the cinema is only accessible via stairs.***

Celebrating Multiple Birth Awareness Week March 16-23  Please ensure you register for this FREE event. It will help us with planning our catering.   About the event: We are starting this event at the beginning of the week in accordance with our theme this year 'Make it a good start'. This will be a catered event, with face painting for the kids, and fun and games planned.  About Multiple Birth Awareness Week (MBAW): Make it a good start for multiple birth families This Multiple Birth Awareness Week, we’re focusing on how every Australian multiple birth family deserves a good start to their unique journey. Whether it’s: finding your community of support, joining a multiple birth prenatal session, accessing tailored education resources, or multiple-birth focused government policies ‘Make it a good start’ is all about ensuring that every multiple birth family begins their journey with the tools, support, and confidence they need to thrive. We’d love to have you join us this Multiple Birth Awareness Week and support more multiple birth families in their journeys. Multiple birth families need more support in Australia. Multiples are more likely to face greater challenges in their early years, necessitating additional dedicated support. In Australia, families with multiples receive no additional support, notwithstanding the modest Multiple Birth Allowance afforded to higher order multiples and subject to rigid means testing. Only 11% of parents of multiples in Australia feel adequately supported by the programs and policies in place. It is time for a change! This Multiple Birth Awareness Week we are asking parents, grandparents, friends, caregivers and anyone who thinks multiples need more support to get involved!    

Are you expecting multiples or know someone who is? Want to talk to parents already on the journey? Need some help and tips from other local families of multiples? Join EAMBA volunteers Fiona and Jessica for an informal session covering everything you need to know about expecting twins, triplets and more. All the tips and tricks from parents who know. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions too! This session is FREE and open to both EAMBA members and non-members. The session will be hosted online and details on how to join the sessions will be emailed the night before.  Registrations will close 24 hours prior to the event. If you have any questions about the event, please contact expecting@eamba.amba.org.au  

The Eastern Area Multiple Birth Association (EAMBA) is hosting a fundraising evening at Grill'd Croydon on Thursday, February 27 from 5pm - 8pm. Grill'd is offering a $25 burger and chips deal, with $10 from every deal purchased on the evening going to EAMBA. The offer is available for dine in or takeaway! This is such a generous deal organised by Grill'd and we are truly grateful for the support. So, bring your friends and family down to the restaurant on the 27th! We can't wait to see you there! Grill'd Croydon is pram friendly and has a small outdoor area with some games for kids. We have booked an area of the restaurant, so please come anytime between 5pm - 8pm.

Want to know which local hospital has a paediatric ED? Or what to do if your child has an allergic reaction? Are you up to date with CPR? EAMBA is running an Infant and Paediatric First Aid and CPR course for our members. It will go over multiple topics, including stings and bites, CPR, anaphylaxis, bleeding, plus many more. This course is great for first time parents and as a refresher for anyone who attended last year.   This course is non-accredited and participants will receive a Statement of Attendance only. This session will be presented by Fiona Lally. Fiona joined EAMBA in the first trimester of pregnancy with fraternal triplets Zac, Isabelle and Ashton in 2015. At the time Fiona and her husband had a 1 year old daughter Zara.  She was recently conferred as a life member of EAMBA in recognition of her contributions both to the club but also our multiples community.   In her working life, Fiona is a Registered Nurse and has a Master of Health Professional Education, she has a passion for educating nursing students at a tertiary level and novice learners across CPR and First Aid management. She also owns her own CPR and First Aid business, Revive2Survive. When: Saturday, February 15, 2pm- 4:30pm Where: Revive2Survive, Suite 12, 1 East Ridge Drive, Chirnside Park, Victoria, 3116 Cost:  $40 per person - open to EAMBA members and grandparents (normally $80). Register here.

Join us for playgroup! Meet new friends who understand. 9.30am to noon alternate Fridays Term 1 schedule: February 7th February 21st March 7th March 21st April 4th Venue features: - Large indoor play space with couches - Larger outdoor play space - Covered sandpit - Playground - Large off street carpark. - Tea and coffee facilities - Twin feeding cushion - Toys - Friends! For venue details please see our private Facebook group, the latest email newsletter, or email our playgroup coordinator.

Join us for playgroup! Meet new friends who understand. 10am to noon alternate Wednesdays Term 1 schedule: January 29th February 12th February 26th March 12th March 26th Venue features: - Large indoor play space with couches - Larger outdoor play space - Covered sandpit - Playground - Large off street carpark. - Tea and coffee facilities - Twin feeding cushion - Toys - Friends! For venue details please see our private Facebook group, the latest email newsletter, or email our playgroup coordinator.

Join us for our Christmas celebration at Mooroolbark and District Miniature Railway. This will be a free event for members.   Please register your intent to attend through event link (please enter number of family members in details field)

Are you expecting multiples or know someone who is? Want to talk to parents already on the journey? Need some help and tips from other local families of multiples? Join EAMBA volunteers Fiona and Jessica for an informal session covering everything you need to know about expecting twins, triplets and more. All the tips and tricks from parents who know. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions too! This session is FREE and open to both EAMBA members and non-members. The session will be hosted online and details on how to join the session will be sent to you the day of the event.  Registrations will close 24 hours prior to the event. If you have any questions about the event, please contact expecting@eamba.amba.org.au Link : Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 461 682 250 641 Passcode: 9WE3AR9H Dial in by phone +61 2 7208 4841,,668821850# Australia, Sydney Find a local number Phone conference ID: 668 821 850#

Ticket sales for this event will close midnight Sunday 13th October We are delighted to offer EAMBA members generously subsidised tickets to Chesterfield Farm. This discounted pricing is exclusive to EAMBA members. Your ticket includes two shows and a BBQ at noon. Come anytime you'd like during the day! Included shows: Cow milking show at 11.30am Sheepdog demonstration at 1pm The farm is open between 10am - 4pm with last entry at 3pm. Tractor rides available to purchase on the day. Please make sure you book in advance so you don’t miss out.  If you'd like to invite friends to come along, please make sure they book directly through Chesterfield Farm. These ticket prices are for EAMBA members only.   Notes When checking out, you'll be asked to provide your name and contact details. Please add all family members you are purchasing tickets for under "Details".  Your name and number of tickets purchased will be provided to Chesterfield Farm to check you in on the day. EAMBA member tickets must be purchased in advance and cannot be purchased at these rates through Chesterfield Farm. If your ticket type is missing, please contact treasurer@eamba.amba.org.au

Woohoo! EAMBA Family Portrait Fundraiser is back!  For those who don't yet know me, my name is Jina and I'm an AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photography) accredited professional photographer. I have been specialising in photographing babies and children since 2011. I have won a number of photography awards over the years, and have recently been awarded the AIPP 2019 Family Photographer of the Year Finalist.  I have been hosting the EAMBA Family Portrait Fundraiser since (Holy moly) 2014! It has been a pleasure and privilege to watch the EAMBA children grow year after year!  Since we live in Covid times, I feel like a little 'safety-intro' is appropriate. I have completed the Victorian Government's Covid-19 Infection Control Training Certificate, and have had so many Covid-19 vaccines I've lost count. I'm also fully immunised with all vaccines recommended by health.vic.gov.au for people working with babies and children: Whooping Cough, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis A & B, and the most current flu vaccines.  Ok, enough about me. Here are the details for ... drum roll ... EAMBA Family Portrait Fundraiser 2024!   WHEN? Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October   WHERE? At my studio: 16 Stevens Rd. Forest Hill   How Much? $75 Session Fee gets you an 8"x10" family photo. ($20 donated to EAMBA) If you want just one or two extras, you will be able to purchase additional digital files from your personalised online gallery for $85 each, $270 for five, or $490 for all.  Book here: https://www.studiozphotography.com.au/eamba Is There Any Hard Sell? Absolutely not! Just ask the other EAMBA families who have been photographed by me over the years! I like everything to be as upfront as possible. If you just want the one included photo due to budget constraints, just choose the 'we only want one photo' option in your questionnaire, so that we don't waste each other's time and there are no awkward unmet expectations.    How Does It Work? Step 1: Click on the links below to book your session.  Step 2: I will email you information on what to wear and how to prepare. This is not an automated email, so please give me a couple of days to get this to you. If you don't receive an email from me in a few days, please check your junk folder because spam filters HATE me. Please add me jina@studiozphotography.com.au to your contacts if you can, I've been told that it stops spam filters from blocking my mail, but I don't know for sure whether that works.  Step 3: Session day. Please come on time. Please don't come if anyone in your family is sick. (We can reschedule or refund.) Step 4: A few weeks after the Fundraising Weekend, your online gallery will be ready. You will have two weeks to place your order. Digital files are downloadable straightaway. As for prints, I will be printing everyone's orders at the same time. I aim to do this in mid-November. Once your prints are done I'll send you an email for you to come and collect them from my collection box. 

Are you expecting multiples or know someone who is? Want to talk to parents already on the journey? Need some help and tips from other local families of multiples? Join EAMBA volunteers Fiona and Jessica for an informal session covering everything you need to know about expecting twins, triplets and more. All the tips and tricks from parents who know. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions too! This session is FREE and open to both EAMBA members and non-members. The session will be hosted online and details on how to join the session will be sent to you the day of the event.  Registrations will close 24 hours prior to the event. If you have any questions about the event, please contact expecting@eamba.amba.org.au   Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 452 787 820 771 Passcode: DQuz5W Dial in by phone +61 2 7208 4841,,258333647# Australia, Sydney Find a local number Phone conference ID: 258 333 647# For organisers: Meeting options | Reset dial-in PIN