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Camden Haven Day VIEW Club
About
Camden Haven Day VIEW Club was formed in 1992.
Currently, the Club sponsors five Smith Family Learning for Life students and is actively involved in fundraising activities to raise donations for The Smith Family programs.
We are always open to new members, so please get in touch today and come and see what it's all about.
Location
- When: Meeting Day on the 3rd Monday each month
- Time: At 11.00am
- Where: Laurieton United Services Club
- Address: Seymour Street, LAURIETON NSW 2443
Club News
Meet Our Committee
Members held the Annual General Meeting and first meeting in February. Our Zone Councillor, Barbara, presented each of the Committee members with their official badges.
Christmas Party 2025!
We had a lovely time together at our Christmas Party.
Lots of fantastic Lucky Door prizes - 12 in fact!!
Four amazing Christmas hampers as raffle prizes!!
Fun and laughter as we played a game of Pass the Xmas Parcel with a difference - nothing like some charades and other challenges to get us all guessing and giggling. It was so good to have everyone joining in the fun 😆
Lots of fantastic Lucky Door prizes - 12 in fact!!
Four amazing Christmas hampers as raffle prizes!!
Fun and laughter as we played a game of Pass the Xmas Parcel with a difference - nothing like some charades and other challenges to get us all guessing and giggling. It was so good to have everyone joining in the fun 😆
Laurietunes provided some beautiful music to entertain us and to help us get into the spirit of Christmas by singing along.
Delicious food for lunch, and even more sweet treats and Christmas Cake to take home with us - what a wonderful way to finish up the year.
Have a happy and safe Christmas everyone!!
Delicious food for lunch, and even more sweet treats and Christmas Cake to take home with us - what a wonderful way to finish up the year.
Have a happy and safe Christmas everyone!!
Photo shows newly appointed Zone Councillor Evie and Vice President Suellen cutting our Christmas Cake which was made by our president Bev.
2025 November Luncheon Meeting
At our November Luncheon meeting we elected our committee for 2026. We have a great team who enjoys working together to provide opportunities for our members to have an enjoyable time building friendships, caring for others and raising money to support our Learning for Life students through The Smith Family.
Our guest speaker today was Karina who spoke to us about chair yoga and showed us some of the yoga moves we can do. We all felt very relaxed by the end of our meeting.
October Soctober 2025
Our October Socktober Luncheon Meetings are always a lot of fun, and today was no exception.
At our Socktober Meeting, everyone receives a sock as they arrive, and when it is time for dessert we find the person who has our sock's partner to have dessert with. The lovely buzz in the room is awesome as ladies get to have a good chat with someone they may not have had the opportunity to get to know yet. Even if we do know each other, there is always more to learn. We found out that some of our Members have had some pretty crazy and incredible experiences.
So good to have fun learning more about each other. This is what VIEW is all about - connecting and building lovely friendships.
Fashion Fundraiser in September 2025
Our September Fashion Parade was a fantastic success, raising over $1,000. We had 99 Members and guests attend on the day. The room looked beautiful with colourful table settings, and the layout ensured everyone got to see the lovely clothes from JA Fashions, and shoes from Laurieton Footwear & Bowls, as our wonderful models paraded.
LUSC provided delicious food for our afternoon tea as well as cheese platters on our tables to nibble on as we waited for the parade to start. Several ladies went home with lucky door and raffle prizes. We are so grateful to the local business that supported our club by donating gift vouchers and other goodies for our prizes.
September 2025
Members enjoyed a lovely day together for the September Club Meeting. Vice President Suellen was presented with her 20 Year VIEW Membership Pin by President Bev, who can both be seen in the accompanying top photo.
After lunch Suellen shared some information about the history of greeting cards. She then demonstrated how to make a greeting card, and supplied us all with a kit so that we could make our own. Suellen makes beautiful cards and is responsible for sending cards to any of our Members who need some encouragement due to illness or the loss of loved ones.
There was a wonderful atmosphere of fun as we enjoyed our time sharing in this activity and spending time together.
After lunch Suellen shared some information about the history of greeting cards. She then demonstrated how to make a greeting card, and supplied us all with a kit so that we could make our own. Suellen makes beautiful cards and is responsible for sending cards to any of our Members who need some encouragement due to illness or the loss of loved ones.
There was a wonderful atmosphere of fun as we enjoyed our time sharing in this activity and spending time together.
33rd Birthday Celebrations in 2025
As can be seen by the accompanying photos, Members had fun with our Rhythm and Blues theme at our 33rd Birthday Celebrations. The blue being in line with the sapphire blue celebrating 65 Years of VIEW. The room, our table settings and our cake were all decorated fantastically.
Cheryl, our special guest entertainer, provided beautiful music. Appreciation and Making a Difference Awards were presented, and some lucky ladies went home with raffle prizes, lucky door prizes and 100 Club winnings.
It was a fun day for everyone with the money raised will be used to support more students through The Smith Family.
June 2025 Soup Slice and Damper Day
Lovely warm sunshine, delicious soup with fresh damper and sensational slices were the perfect accompaniments for 22 of our Members to enjoy some time together and raise $460 to help support disadvantaged kids through The Smith Family.
We all ate as much as we could, and many took some food home for $2 per container. Two lucky ladies won raffle prizes, and everyone enjoyed relaxing in the sunshine and getting to know each other better.
Winter Theme in June 2025
We had a fun time at our Winter Themed Luncheon Meeting on June 16 to celebrate the winter solstice knowing that we are very close to the shortest day, which means the days will soon be getting longer
Members dressed up in their winter woollies and had fun with some winter themed activities including a trivia quiz and games. Our Family Feud styled game revealed popular answers to where we would like to go for a winter holiday; winter comfort food and drinks; winter sports; our favourite thing about winter; and more. The snowball scoop game certainly had us laughing.
Then we added in some delicious winter comfort food; it was an excellent opportunity to share quality time with our friends and get to know each other better; a great way to spend a winter's day.
A Fun Day Out For Members Of Our Club
After all the rain it was so good to get out in the sunshine and enjoy a game of Mini Golf at Kew Country Club. We all had a fun time and some more ladies joined us for lunch in the club house afterwards. The lucky winners took home certificates and some delicious chocolate golf balls.
2025 May Luncheon Meeting
While it was wet and wild outside we enjoyed a pleasant time inside for our May Luncheon Meeting.
Newly appointed Assistant Secretary Heather was presented with her badge, and she also had the pleasure of introducing and thanking our guest speaker, Gilly, from Camden Haven Community College.
Gilly spoke about the history and purpose of the community college. We learnt about the various courses on offer and that most of the people working at the college are volunteers. We also had the opportunity to make suggestions of any other courses we felt would be beneficial for our community. We are very grateful for our community college, for the friendly, helpful and important service it provides.
April 2025
There was a good number of our Members to enjoy their time together at our April Club Luncheon Meeting on Easter Monday.
Our guest speaker, Elaine from Laurieton Museum, told us all about the history of Laurieton which is named after one of the original landowners and a timber miller in the area way back in the 1870's. This village in the Camden Haven was officially named Laurieton in 1946.
Accompanying photo shows Elaine with Assistant Secretary Jackie.
March 2025
At our March Luncheon Meeting, Marcia shared photos and tales of her adventure to South Island New Zealand with her travel buddy Dinny the Dingo. Dinny can be spotted with his new kiwi friend on the table behind her and our club secretary Helen.
Guest speaker at 2025 International Women's Day morning tea
On March 3 at the Club's International Women's Day morning tea, our guest speaker was Diane G, President of the Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society. Diane's presentation was engaging and informative, sharing some insights into the lives of the convict women who found themselves in Port Macquarie in the early 1800's. Life for these women was very different to the lifestyles of most women today. One of Diane's colleagues, Beryl, shared the story of Catherine, a 13 year old who was sentenced to serve 14 years and spent some time in Port Macquarie. Beryl was dressed in one of the Forget Me Not bonnets that have been made to represent each of the female convicts who spent time in Port Macquarie.
While we have seen dramatic changes over the past 200 years, there is still room for growth and improvement as we accelerate action to raise awareness of the needs of women and the areas of inequality that remain in our society today.
March 2025 International Women's Day morning tea
On March 3, Camden Haven Day VIEW Club celebrated International Women's Day with a morning tea at Laurieton United Services Club.
The theme for this year's International Women's Day was: Accelerate Action, to encourage action to heighten awareness of the resources, strategies and activities that positively impact women.
By way of introduction, our National Counsellor, Dianne F, spoke about VIEW and the role our Clubs play in providing a voice for women and why we celebrate International Women's Day. She also outlined how VIEW has played a significant role in making positive changes and raising awareness in the past and continues to do so.
By way of introduction, our National Counsellor, Dianne F, spoke about VIEW and the role our Clubs play in providing a voice for women and why we celebrate International Women's Day. She also outlined how VIEW has played a significant role in making positive changes and raising awareness in the past and continues to do so.
We had almost 100 guests in attendance, including three gentlemen, and raised over $500 for The Smith Family.
November 2024 Guest Speaker
At our November Luncheon Meeting our guest speaker was one of our own Members; Inara.
Inara was born in Latvia and migrated to Australia with her family when she was 13 years old. She shared some interesting facts about Latvia and the challenges she faced when she first moved to Australia, learning how to speak English and discovering that she would not be able to have a pet monkey, nor would she be living in a house on stilts - not in Newcastle anyway.
Inara also showed us some of the traditional Latvian clothes and amber necklaces.
Melbourne Cup Celebrations in November 2024
Members had a thoroughly enjoyable time together for our Quiche, Salad & Dessert Lunch on Melbourne Cup Day. Drinks and nibbles were on hand as we settled in to have some fun together. With entry fee, raffle and donations for take away containers of leftover food, we raised just over $200, a great effort for our small group of 18 guests. This money will go towards supporting disadvantaged Learning for Life students through The Smith Family.
Everyone went home with tummies full of delicious quiches, tasty salads, terrific trifle, magnificent mousse and scrumptious pavlova. Of course everyone's attention turned to the race that stops the nation at 3pm, and a couple of lucky winners went home with some extra money from the sweep.
Fashions for the Melbourne Cup Celebrations
Accompanying photo shows Members Anne, Rita and Caroline all dressed up for Cup Day.