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  VIEW members exclusively support the children’s education charity, The Smith Family.
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  “Founding VIEW Clubs is the best thing I have ever done…I hope VIEW will become the greatest voice of women in Australia.” George Forbes, 1970
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  As a VIEW member there are many opportunities to volunteer your time and skills to directly help and support The Smith Family and disadvantaged Australian children and their families.
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  VIEW members raise over $1.1 million annually for The Smith Family and sponsor more than 1,650+ Learning for Life students.
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  With more than 300 clubs around Australia involving some 14,000 women from all walks of life, the collective voice of VIEW is an important aspect of the organsation's work.
- Sponsor a disadvantaged student
  Learning for Life sponsorship provides disadvantaged students with financial assistance, emotional support and access to learning and educational programs.
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There are more than 300 VIEW Clubs located in communities throughout Australia looking for new members – women from all backgrounds and walks of life, who want to make a difference.
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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

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!

Make Bake or Grow

Our annual Make Bake or Grow auction made a whopping $594!! Lots of fun, lots of chatting and lots of money raised for our 7 Learning for Life students!! Many of us dressed up ready for the Melbourne Cup next week.

Speaker for September meeting 2025

Laraine Stephens, a local author, spoke at our meeting last night and told us the background to her writing her mystery murder series of books.

September meeting 2025

Judy, one of our members, had organised a fantastic Christmas stall which raised over $200.
During the meeting, we presented a new membership pack and had 3 happy raffle prize winners.
People came dressed in their favourite football team colours!

Delightful Afternoon Tea in September

We had a delightful afternoon tea on 17 September!

Laughing, chatting, mingling!! Absolutely delicious goodies to enjoy!! Thanks so much to the members who provided, cakes, slices and sandwiches!! So yummy!!

July 2025

Our Mystery Bottle, Box,Bag Auction was a great success,we raised $406 for our Learning for Life students.
There were also some happy raffle prize winners!!
Marg, one of our members, told us about her volunteering for The Smith Family by helping students with mathematics.

June 2025

The June Op Shop stall at our meeting raised $225. We had excellent food provided by OCRSL Bistro. Yummy roast pork and sticky date pudding!

Accompanying photos of our night.

Celebrating 31 years of Oakleigh and 65 years of VIEW

Our members donned their best 60s get-ups to celebrate our 31st birthday in honour of an amazing 65 years of VIEW Clubs!

Zone Councillor Christine Patmore joined us for a wonderful evening full of our best memories from the 1960's and a reflection on how far VIEW Clubs have come in our blue sapphire anniversary year. A great time was had by all!

Another great VIEW club meeting

An amazing night at our 31st birthday on 29 May 2025.

Theme was “The sixties” as we marked 65 years of VIEW Clubs across Australia. People dressed in sixties gear or wore Sapphire (65 years colour) blue garments. We made paper “Characterboxes” and used them for a mingling game. People had brought memorabilia from the 1960s to display, this was a great source of interest.

Another great VIEW club meeting

The Hat Lady gave a very interesting talk!! Plus we raised $350 with our annual cake stall. And 3 lucky people won a raffle prize.