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Oakleigh Evening VIEW Club

About

Oakleigh Evening VIEW Club was formed in 1994.

Currently, the Club sponsors seven 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 is on the Last Thursday of each month
Time: At 6.30pm
Where: Oakleigh RSL
Address: 95-97 Drummond Street, OAKLEIGH VIC 3167

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Contact

Claire on 0400 175 039
Email: oakleighevening.viewclub@gmail.com

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Club News

Meet Our 2026 Committee

Make Bake or Grow in October

Our annual Make, Bake, and Grow raised $601!! Thanks Crystal for bringing this idea back to our club when you were our delegate!

Some members dressed up for the Spring Carnival and we had very happy raffle prize winners!

September Meeting 2026

VIEW Club meeting on 24 September featured members wearing footy colours of their favourite teams plus a Christmas Stall.

August Monthly Meeting 2026

A very informative talk by guest speakers Lisa and Chrissie from PACE Health. An interactive and humorous presentation!

Members brought along hygiene products to donate to “Share The Dignity”.

Loretta loved her raffle prize!!

Bottle, Box or Bag Auction July 2026

Thank you to all the members who brought a mystery item for our Bottle, Box or Bag auction. We raised $445, which is an amazing amount.

Once again thankyou to OCRSL Bistro for the wonderful meals tonight.

June Meeting 2026

A great meeting and our brilliant speaker James Wall brought plants interwoven with stories and lots of laughs.

The bags, hats and scarves went down very well even James bought a hat and a scarf! The stall raised $250.

Musical Soiree for 32nd Birthday Celebrations

Our 32nd birthday, was celebrated with a fabulous Musical Soirée. As one person put it…I am sure that people there tonight really appreciated what a great evening it was.

The girls playing piano and violin and the teacher were exceptional; such a treat for all of us, plus all the memorabilia and the effort most people went to in dressing up, and those yummy cakes. Dinner was excellent too - overall a very very special evening.

Our April Meeting 2026

Our club had a very successful meeting on 30 April. Jeff Steel spoke about how he came to write about one man’s journey in the Signal Corps and also surviving his time as a POW. The story was actually about one of our VIEW Club member’s father.
Robyn received her membership pack and name badge.
Our annual plant stall made $242, plus the Mother’s Day Hamper Raffle made $305.
Helen looks very happy to have won the hamper filled with over $150 worth of lovely items.

Our April Social Gathering 2026

A fantastic lunch at Oakleigh Foresters Arms Hotel. Food was great!! Lots of chatter, laughter and a few raffle prize winners.

A Fantastic March Meeting 2026

What a fantastic March VIEW club meeting we had (26 March 2026)!
Robyn Wright from Ladies with HATitude told us about all the fun and friendship she has with her chapter of ladies. Basically they celebrate the joy of life after turning 50.
Many of our members wore red or red hats to fit in with the Red Hat theme.
Two members received “Grandma survival kits” to celebrate being a grandparent.
One person came as a visitor and decided to become a member!
Our annual “Dot’s Cake Stall” held in honour of one of our founding members and raised $265.
Plus the beautiful meals and table setting provided by OCRSL Bistro!

Our 2026 AGM

Our AGM last night was a huge success!
New committee, and new member badges presented.
Jewellery collected over the past 12 months from members was sold and made $400. Thanks ladies for all the work put in to sorting and displaying the many items at the stall.
Our Silent Auction also netted $140.

First Club lunch January 2026

It was great to have our first VIEW Club lunch out at Cornerstorenetwork Cafe!!

Yummy toasties to “toast” the new year!!

2025 Christmas breakup meeting was a huge success!

Christmas hamper raffle, visit from Santa, Most Christmasy/quirkiest outfit, Carol Singing, saying thankyou to OCRSL Bistro for the yummy food, and the RSL for supporting our VIEW club. A fantastic Christmas breakup.

Happy holidays, see you in 2026!

November 2025

Our November guest speaker was Gargi from Latrobe Health who gave us information about the Commonwealth Home services package.

Annie our assistant secretary organises some great speakers for our club.

Our stall was Novel November a chance for members to bring books to sell. It raised $92.20. People also brought children’s books to donate to 123read2me.

Plus, we gained a new member!