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About Us
- What we do
  VIEW members exclusively support the children’s education charity, The Smith Family.
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  Every two years VIEW members vote on one or more issues of importance that will be the focus of advocacy and lobbying work for the coming years. These are called resolutions.
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  We have a dedicated VIEW members who works across the country to achieve our vision.
- Our History
  “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
We are proud of the strong culture we have developed over 65 years of connecting women in communities across Australia to support The Smith Family and improve educational outcomes for Australian children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

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- Volunteer
  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.
- Fundraise
  VIEW members raise over $1.1 million annually for The Smith Family and sponsor more than 1,650+ Learning for Life students.
- Raise awareness and advocate
  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.
- Partner with VIEW
  VIEW is proud to have a wide range of community partners that support our fundraising efforts and the work of The Smith Family. We would like to thank the following companies for their ongoing support.
Across Australia, more than 13,000 women come together to connect, give back to their communities and help create brighter futures for young Australians. VIEW members come from all walks of life but share a common purpose: supporting education while building meaningful friendships and community connections.

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Waverley VIEW Club

About

Waverley VIEW Club was formed in 1984.

With 90 Members our club is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of young Australians in need. We are passionate about giving back. We raise vital funds for The Smith Family and currently sponsor 13 students through their Learning for Life Program. Every third Monday we enjoy a delightful lunch followed by an inspiring speaker.

We are always welcoming new Members! If you’re interested in being a part of a club that makes a difference, please contact Lyn for a chat.

Discover all the wonderful opportunities that our VIEW Club has to offer!

Location

When: Meeting Day on 3rd Monday each month
Time: At 11.30am
Where: Box Hill Golf Club
Address: 202 Station Street, BOX HILL VIC 3128

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Contact

Lyn on 0412 567 496
Email: viewclubwaverley@gmail.com

Club News

Meet Our 2026 Committee

May 2026 Fundraiser

Thank you to Shirley and our wonderful band of volunteers who helped at the working bees and manned the Cake Stall in Mt Waverley on 1st May. We raised $1839 .

Accompanying photo shows a sample of the goods on offer.

April 2026 Meeting

Our guest speaker was Brigadier Bob Slater who took us on a journey of The Anzacs and his involvement during the Second World War within his field of Engineering.

Bob's presentation brought back memories of our members' individual family's involvements.

March 2026 Gala

Area VA Gala Luncheon at Heidelberg Golf Club on 25 March

Twelve of our members attended this celebration and manned the registration desk; while Gayle loaned 14 of our club's table centres. One of the past Learning for Life Students spoke to the audience about her journey growing up and the assistance The Smith Family made to her education.

March 2026 Meeting

Guest speakers, Robert Anderson and Chris Miller who are pictured in the accompanying photo, are volunteers from The Golden Days of Radio.

Easter Raffle, also pictured, was organised by Gayle and again presented a wonderful array of raffle prizes to raise $340 towards our 13 Learning for Life Students.

Christmas Celebrations in December 2025

Our giant Christmas Raffle was again co-ordinated by Gayle with an amazing display of prizes.

The entertainment at our December meeting was from Singing Friends.

Accompanying photos of our raffle prizes and table decorations.

November 2025 was our Make Bake and Grow Fundraiser

Our annual Make Bake and Grow Auction was held in November when $1714.00 raised with baked goodies selling well

Accompanying photo shows the great array of goodies donated and subsequently purchased by our generous Members.

October 2025

Our Sausage Sizzle on 25 October raised an amazing $2,126.08 plus donations of $166.50. Thank you to Leonie for all your hard work in coordinating everything and to all those who worked on the day. Well done Members and husbands!!!

Lions Op Shop in October- we raised $723.75

On 20 October we were entertained by James Wall from Gardenworld in Braeside. James was very entertaining . He taught us a few gardening tricks and handed out some discount cards so that we could visit at our leisure.

Accompanying photo of James, with some of his plants.

September 2025

Our guest speaker in September was Shaun Aisen from Angel Flight Australia.

Dealing with illness can be a difficult and emotional time and it's even more challenging when you live thousands of kilometres away from the treatment you need. Volunteers from Angel Flight Australia coordinate free, non-emergency flights and transfers so people who living remotely across Australia can access non-emergency flights and transfers.

Birthday Celebrations in August 2025

At our 41st Birthday meeting we received a Congratulatory Message and Certificate from our local State Member John Mullahy. We also received a thank you letter from the Victorian State Premier Jacinta Allan.

We had visitors from National Councillor Hazel Austin and 5 other Victorian Zone Councillors.

Our raffle raised $449.47. Entertainment by Alicia O'Brien from The Treblettes.

July 2025

Michael Johnson spoke to our members about his life and passion for bees. He also brought along many items to tempt us to open our purses and take home some "treasures" to share with family".

June 2025

Our June speaker was Chris Hodson (pictured in the centre) from The 1812 Theatre who talked about his involvement with the Theatre and the surrounding community, upcoming shows and how people can be involved as volunteers.