Waverley VIEW Club

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".   

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.   

At our May meeting U & I Fashions presented their Winter Collection with the help of four of our members modelling U&I's range of clothing on offer.  Many members purchased garments which were available to try on that day - it is so easy to spend money - just bring your card and forget about the bill which will arrive in the mail!!!!  

Photo L to R - Sue, Jill, Judy and Marianne.  

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.