Buderim VIEW Club

Guest Speaker at our May Luncheon and meeting was Dougal Pitt, who gave a very interesting talk about the history of Fibre to Fabric’.

Dougal was educated by and worked in the forest products industry of South Africa.  After an assignment to a Hong Kong trading company dealing in specialised pulps for the textile, pharmaceutical and food industries, Dougal retired and has happily settled in Buderim.

Accompanying photo shows Alison thanking Dougal.

Photo shows Brenda receiving a Make a Difference special Award, with her commitment to our Club and VIEW  All the members appreciated the work that Brenda has done, since becoming a member.

Adele was presented with a 20 year badge in recognition of her contributions to our Club and VIEW.

Our Guest Speakers were Mathew and Juliet Middleton of Beezolted, who  gave a talk on the Australian native bees, products and services. They also provide community workshops and performances.

Photo shows Member Elizabeth thanking Juliet and Matthew.

This photo shows one of the Australia’s native species and these bees are tiny, being only 2mm long. Australia has 11 species of social stingless bees.

President Antoinette presented a new Member with her name badge.

The accompanying group photo was taken at a monthly social event, which was at a Restaurant in Maroochydore.

An entertaining and fun celebrations for Buderim's 31st Birthday was had by members and visitors shown by group photo of one table at the  event.

The Buderim VIEW Club’s birthday cake was made by Club member Sue.

Photo shows VIEW Club National Councillor Jean;  Zone Councillor Vonda, and Sue on the right.

More photos showing Beryl - Assistant Treasurer, Dianne - Treasurer, doing a excellent job and dressed for the Club’s 31st Birthday celebration 

National Councillor Jean, Buderim VIEW Club President Antoinette presenting new member Roz with her membership badge.

Leonora being presented with her membership badge, by Jean (in middle) and Buderim VIEW Club President Antoinette.

More photos of our glammed-up Members

The Buderim War Memorial Community Association celebrated their 100th Anniversary recently, which was attended by some of our Members..  

Accompanying photo of Beryl and Jenny who are part of our Committee.

Guest Speaker Dr Zoe West, is a research fellow at QCGC, focusing on biomarker identification in vulvar cancer. She completed her PhD in Immunology at Queensland University of Technology in 2021, followed by a Postdoctoral fellowship at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

While at Karolinska Institutet Zoe focused on utilising cutting-edge 3D imaging to investigate markers associated with non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Using this knowledge, she will be using 3D imaging to investigate 3D patterns of vulvar cancer, with a specific focus on cancer relapse.

Accompanying photo of New member Linda, receiving her membership name badge from President Antoinette 

Sylvia received the Buderim VIEW Club “Making a Difference Award”.

Over 20 years, Sylvia has been a committed member of our VIEW CLUB.

She has served 3-year terms on committee as Assistant Treasurer, Secretary, Delegate and President. She is currently involved in her fourth year organising the bi-monthly club raffles.

Members congratulated her for the passion and dedication she shows towards supporting young people with their education for a better future .

Sylvia’s name will be added to the Honour Roll at VIEW National Convention, Brisbane in 2025.

Our Club has been supporting this excellent STEMM Program, which was founded by Jacquie.  STEMM stands for Supporting Teenagers with Education, Mothering and Mentoring.

The multi-award winning program supports pregnant girls and young mothers in a safe, non-judgmental environment with individual support plans developed by trained case managers, and is the first program of its kind in Queensland. Development of a unique, stand-alone curriculum enables pregnant girls and young mothers to be supported in achieving their educational goals.  By Educating a Mother, You Educate a Family 

Accompanying photo shows Secretary Carol presenting a laptop that had been donated to the STEMM Program, to Jacqui and Amber.

Club Members bring along non-perishable items and/or toiletries for the young mothers, once a year, which can be seen in the accompanying photo.

Accompanying photo shows Member Connie, thanking Guest Speaker Helen, for her interesting talk about fun paper craft.

As can be seen in the photo Club Members Sheila, and Carol, do a funny skit about computers, acting as Abbott and Costello.

John Devers OAM a local journalist and member of Buderim Foundation spoke on Journalism over the years, in England and Sunshine Coast.  A very interesting talk.

Photo L-R:  Sheila thanking Guest Speaker John Devers OAM,