Holdfast Evening VIEW Club

Representatives from our Club were honoured to be invited to a Cocktail Reception hosted by our Governor, the Hon. Frances Adamson AC and Mr Rod Bunten, at Government House recently, for 90 S.A. VIEW Club representatives. This was in honour of VIEW’s 65th Anniversary.  National President Elizabeth Birch attended, as did VIEW National Manager, Mary-Anne Maher. 

We all enjoyed glamming up and meeting together, in the historic vice regal residence for drinks and canapes, whilst our Governor and National President gave short addresses. Afterwards, 50 of us walked to The Strathmore Hotel for dinner together, on a balmy evening.

Photo of our Members enjoying the day.

Accompanying photo shows National President Elizabeth Birch responding to the Governor, the Hon. Frances Adamson’s address. Mr Rod Bunten is to the Governor’s right.

During the Gather Round AFL Weekend held in Adelaide and the Barossa Valley in March, VIEW was offered at short notice, the opportunity to be tour guides on the free minibuses travelling between the Lyndoch Oval AFL games, and other Barossa attractions.

Our Members joined other Clubs in this fun, but tiring activity, over 4 days, raising funds for VIEW. Great effort VIEW Volunteers!

Photo of Holdfast Evening Members Judy and Marg at right, and Tonsley VIEW Club Coordinator Deb, centre front, with other VIEW Club Volunteers.

Photo shows Marion from Gawler VIEW Club at a minibus stop.

A Sunday Afternoon screening of the Movie White Bird with Helen Mirren and Gillian Armstrong at The Capri Theatre, was our first major 2025 Fundraiser, towards sponsoring our 11 Students.  

Members from other VIEW Clubs, and VIEW partners supported the event. Your support was appreciated.

In the Foyer, patrons could purchase raffle tickets, and enjoy a drink from the Bar, before the winners were announced.

President Rosie draws the winning tickets, assisted by Program Officer Marg who organised the afternoon.

The hard working ticket sellers and the prizes can also be seen here.

Our Club was delighted to have some Members of the Sing Australia Choir involve us in singing and having some fun.  An added bonus was the fact that two Members are VIEW Members. 

Our Christmas Menu was superb, as were the Elf table decorations. A wonderful evening to conclude a rewarding VIEW year, assisting The Smith Family to assist the Learning for Life students.

Our October Birthday was a stunning success. The lime theme made for a colourful room of table decorations, and our outfits too!  Many visitors attended from other VIEW Clubs and we enjoyed fine dining and a celebratory cake.

Photo of our wonderful cake.

Local Children's Author the renowned Mem Fox (shown in photo) took us back to younger days reading to us from her fabulous books including Possum Magic, and imploring us to read to children from birth onwards, for at least 10 minutes a day.

We found it a lovely experience to be read to again! 

Members contributed donations for fabulous stalls at our Birthday.

Designer glass jewellery was donated by its creator, joining other jewellery treasures, while we had a stall for Chocoholics and a stall for Wine buffs too. All resulted in a significant profit increase this Birthday, towards funding our 11 Students.

Photo shows our choc-treats-stall

Accompanying photo shows Carmel and Julie admiring our lime green table decorations.

Members also look forward to casual chatting at monthly coffee mornings in local coffee shops, or Member homes which are also small fundraisers.

Members enjoyed Margie's hospitality recently, especially the scones which Barbara enjoys!

Our Delegate Gail collected all our baby images, and compiled them into table groupings, and a presentation for our Dinner.

We sat at the table with our image, and had to guess the baby images of all sitting at the table. Lots of fun and a small fundraiser too. What VIEW cuties we are!

Club Members provided donations of raffle prizes, plants, artwork, cosmetics and a silent auction, to boost our fundraising to support our 11 Learning for Life sponsored students.

Sparkling wine, cake and coffee added to the enjoyment of a fun day.

Members combined a guided tour of the former home of David Roche in North Adelaide, to view the magnificent works he collected during his lifetime with a visit to the Quilts, Fabrics of War Exhibition. Lunch was enjoyed afterwards. 

Photo shows some of our Members at David's home.

These quilts were made from the blended wool of military uniforms by men in the field of war, or on returning home, from 1760 onward. Annette Gero has collected the quilts. We were amazed at their intricacy.

Photo shows just one of the quilts on display.