Waverley VIEW Club

On 3rd April thirty-two of our members enjoyed lunch together at Riversdale Golf Club.

In April Members enjoyed lunch at Riversdale Golf Club, and our guest speaker was Nina Fromhold, who can be seen in the accompanying photo, on her subject Preserving Family Stories.

Our Easter Raffle was conducted in April.  Gayle can be seen in the accompanying photo with the great prizes.

Our guest speaker for the March meeting was Cathy Farrell and her subject Youth Offending and Child Protection.  Very interesting speaker. 

On 3rd March our Members met with residents of Victoria Grange Retirement Village to celebrate International Women’s Day with a lovely Devonshire Tea.  Some of our Members who also live at Victoria Grange helped with the preparation and serving of the scones and tea and coffee which was enjoyed by all present. 

Guest speaker for this occasion was Jane Phipps. who can be seen in the accompanying photo along with the wonderful helpers.

At our December meeting the Christmas Raffles raised $407.45 from the twenty-two  prizes beautifully presented by Gayle.

It was announced at the December meeting that the Trading Table organisers had raised $4,268.65 during 2024. A big thank you to everyone. This money will certainly help towards supporting our 12 Learning for Life Students. Thank you to our Members for their support. 

Accompanying photo shows these industrious Members with some of the goods.

Our entertainer Bella (mother of our Member Elly) presented a medley of Christmas favourites to get us in the spirit. 

An enjoyable day to end the year.

Our annual Make Bake & Grow Auction was a great success raising $1604.00 plus donations of $200.00 making a grand total of $1804.00 for the day.

This money will certainly help towards supporting our 12 Learning for Life Students. Thank you to our Members for their support. 

Arthur Hollingsworth (husband of one of our Members) spoke of his interest in the life of Sir John Monash. He showed us through his slide show and address the many facets of Sir John's life.

As most of our Members live, or did live in Monash, we found Arthur's presentation very interesting. 

Members celebrated their Club's 40th Birthday in August.  The meeting was very well attended with Members from other VIEW clubs joining in the fun of the day.  The theme was Let’s get Wild and celebrate 40 years.  Thank you also to Gayle for our table centres, chocolate give-aways and the presentation of our 37 raffle prizes.  

The local State MP for Glen Waverley District, John Mullahy, National Councillor Hazel and our Zone Councillor Anne were also in attendance.  Over the past 40 years our Club has raised $324,521 for The Smith Family to support our Learning for Life Students and other Smith Family projects.

Barrie Dempster told us of his work for the past 12 years as a Volunteer with Lifeline.

His stories of the many incidents and challenges some people experience in their lives was brought home to us during Barrie's presentation.

At our 17 June meeting our speaker from Fire Rescue Victoria was Nick Austin (son of Hazel Austin National Councillor) who gave us plenty of hints on Fire Safety in the Home and Forensics. Photo of Nick Austin and our President Rewa

On 20 May, four of our members (Joanne, Dotty, Lydia & Judy) treated us to a Fashion Parade from U & I Designs.

Many ladies took a fancy to the lovely fashions and made purchases on the day. 

Earlier in April, Members visited Pinewood Cinema to see Wicked Little Letters. A basket lunch of delicious sandwiches and cake followed the film. 

On 3 May, our wonderful band of volunteers headed by Shirley baked up a storm, volunteered to man the cake stall and made monetary donations towards cost of ingredients. 

The accompanying photo shows just some of the beautiful array of cakes on offer, which raised the magnificent sum of $2,075; a huge achievement from these wonderful Members.

On 25 June we visited the Jewish Museum in Alma Road St Kilda.

Our guide Freda, who is in the accompanying photo, did a wonderful job of explaining the history and culture of the Jewish people. 

Accompanying photo from the interesting museum

Accompanying photo of a Wedding scene

At our March meeting Members celebrated Easter, featuring our giant Easter Raffle which can be seen in the accompanying photo, raising over $255.

In February Members joined together to celebrate International Women's Day with a lovely Morning Tea at Carolyn's home in Hawthorn.

The accompanying photo shows Rewa and Marcia.