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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 2025 Committee

Great start to the year with our Annual General Meeting reporting what a successful year we had in 2024.

And a new committee took up office.

Celebrating 31 years of Oakleigh and 65 years of VIEW

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.

Christmas 2024 Celebrations

Funny hats, yummy Christmas dinner, Santa photos, and fundraising for our students!!

Last night’s Christmas breakup had the lot!!

Guest Speaker in November 2024

Another successful VIEW Club meeting was held in November. Dave from Seniors Fire Safety Victoria gave a very informative talk about preventing fires in the home. Or what to do if a fire starts.

Dave can be seen in the accompanying photo.

Bookstall in November 2024

Our Novel November book stall which raised $163.

Photo shows books can be fun as well as educational.

Fun Meeting in November 2024

Our Members enjoyed the fabulous meal prepared by OCRSL Bistro.

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Annual Make Bake and Grow in October 2024

Our club annual Make, Bake or Grow auction night raised $523, an amazing result. So many lovely plants, home made goodies and handcrafted items!!

Photo of the wonderful making and baking

Accompanying photo of the Growing section; looking like we have a lot of Members with green fingers

September 2024 guest speaker

Accompanying photo of our guest speaker Portia (L) who gave a very informative talk about living longer at home.

Welcome New Members in September 2024

Photo shows the presentation of membership badges to our two new members.

Successful Trading Table in September 2024

Accompanying photo of the Christmas stall (trading table) which raised nearly $300. All in all, a very successful meeting.

Recycling in Monash in August 2024

Our club were lucky to have Naomi and Chris from Monash Council as guest speakers last Monday. They gave us a wealth of information about doing the right thing when recycling. Members had lots of questions that they happily answered.

Accompanying photo shows Chris and Naomi.

Welcoming New Members in July 2024

Accompanying photo shows three new Members receiving their name badges.

Christmas In July 2024 Auction

Our Club’s annual Christmas in July plus Mystery Auction night was a huge success. The auction raised $427.

Solving the July 2024 Mysteries

Accompanying photo shows Members having fun while opening their mystery item, won in the auction

June 2024 Guest Speaker

Another very successful evening in June. Ann Nield, who can be seen in the accompanying photo, gave us a most interesting talk about her journey of discovering the history of her house built in 1925.

Welcoming New Member

Always great to welcome new Members, and Marg was presented with her name badge and VIEW information pack in June 2024.

Op-Shop Fundraising

Accompanying photo shows our discerning shoppers looking at the array of items available at our pop-up op-shop stall, which raised $130.