Camden Haven Day VIEW Club
About
Camden Haven Day VIEW Club was formed in 1992.
Currently, the Club sponsors four 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 on the 3rd Monday each month
- Time: At 11.00am
- Where: Laurieton United Services Club
- Address:Seymour Street, LAURIETON NSW 2443
- Location on Google Maps
Contact
Helen on 02 6585 4454
Email: camdenhavendayview@gmail.com
Club News
Meet Our 2024 Committee
April 2024
April 2024
March 2024
March 2024
Photo shows: Assistant Secretary Melanie with Guest Speaker Jackie
International Women's Day 2024 Morning Tea
International Women's Day 2024 Morning Tea
Organisers were thrilled with the wonderful turnout at Laurieton United Services Club to celebrate International Women's Day on Monday 4th March.
Sixty-eight ladies attended, including many of our own club Members and friends, as well as several Members from Port Macquarie Day, Wauchope and Port Macquarie Lighthouse VIEW Clubs. Our Zone Councillor, Barbara spoke to us about how women have made an impact in our society in recent times. Guest Speaker, Julie-Ann Booth, shared her experiences as a chef and how important it is to find something you are good at and to do it to the best of your ability. This attitude has taken her on quite a journey including opportunities to prepare exquisite food for royalty, prime ministers, celebrities and other rich and powerful people. We enjoyed hearing stories of her experiences at Buckingham and Kensington Palaces where she prepared food for the late Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana.
Julie-Ann currently owns and runs a cafe in Taree where she is able to support and mentor disadvantaged youth. We were all inspired by her talk and very grateful to her for sharing with us, and commend her for what she is now doing to help in her own community. Following our speakers we all made the most of the opportunity to chat and indulge in a delightful morning tea.
2023 Christmas Party
2023 Christmas Party
Fabulous festive fun is a great description of our Club's Christmas Party that was held at Laurieton United Services Club in December. Once again President Bev astounded everyone wiith her decorations and delicious Christmas cake.
Members had fun with games and thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment provided by some of the ladies from the Laurieton Residential Resort, Robyn put together three amazing hampers that were raffled with funds destined for The Smith Family Learning for Life program.
A lovely meal and great company with everyone joining in the spirit of Christmas, ensured a wonderful time, and looking forward to more fun and friendship building in 2024.
September 2023
September 2023
Guest speaker for September was our own Judith, who shared her experiences working to set up and run a Breast Cancer Group in Port Macquarie. It was interesting and encouraging go hear all about this wonderful and invaluable service facilitated by volunteers.
20 Year Service Recognition
20 Year Service Recognition
2023 August Birthday
2023 August Birthday
Everyone was blown away by the beautifully decorated room for our 31st birthday, with the theme Pretty In Pink, which was thank you to Bev and her team. It was a lovely time together celebrating and taking the opportunity to acknowledge a few Members for 10, 20 and 30 years of service to VIEW.
Photo of Jan and Bev in the lovely pink archway.
Making a Difference in 2023
Making a Difference in 2023
As well as our birthday celebrations, three of our hard working Committee Members were awarded Making A Difference Awards.
Photo shows President Bev, Secretary Helen, and Delegate Dianne, who are the award recipients..
2023 Christmas In July
2023 Christmas In July
Members had a fun time at our Christmas in July celebrations, where 58 Members and guests attended. We all enjoyed the traditional Christmas food and some Christmas themed games, including a fun gift exchange game. There were lucky door prizes and our major fund raising raffle was drawn with some lucky people taking home great prizes. The raffle raised over $1,000 which will go towards sponsoring and supporting Learning for Life students.
The photo is a snapshot of party goers, all having a great time.
club news
2023 June Luncheon Meeting
2023 June Luncheon Meeting
Two new members, Margaret and Judith, were presented with their badges by our president Bev.
We were also treated to a parade of our VIEW club apron fashions along with the poem written by Jackie Laing describing the 'Real Housewives of Camden Haven’!
Soup, Slice and Damper Day In May 2023
Soup, Slice and Damper Day In May 2023
On a beautiful clear late May autumn day, Members held our Soup, Slice and Damper Day. One of our Members opened her home in such a lovely bushland setting for 21 of our Members to enjoy some delicious soups with fresh damper. This was followed up with yummy slices and a hot cuppa.
Some of us enjoyed colouring in the tablecloths while we chatted together. However, all of us were very impressed with the creativity of some Members who had made delightful outfits featuring VIEW Club tea towels!!
Jackie wrote a poem titled The Real Camden Haven Housewives to introduce each model as they paraded.
Raffles and donations raised more than $200 for our Club to support our Learning for Life students.
Welcoming New Members
Welcoming New Members
We had a great time at our May 2023 meeting, with our Zone Counsellor Barbara presenting two new members, with their badges.
Fire Safety In May 2023
Fire Safety In May 2023
Two fantastic firemen from our local brigade were our guest speakers. They spoke to us about fire safety in the home. They offered to come and check our smoke detectors and to replace them if necessary for free. We all received a free gift of a wooden spoon with the phrase Keep looking when cooking on it.
We appreciated their informative and helpful presentation, and they answered all the questions we had about fire safety, many of these focused around electrical devices, such as where and how to recharge our phones in a safe way - covers open and on a non combustible surface - turning electric blankets off before we go to sleep and lots more.
2023 May Outing
2023 May Outing
Members and guests had a wonderful time on our Hastings River Cruise on May 1. It was a lovely relaxing way to spend a couple of hours enjoying each others company and seeing a bit more of Port Macquarie from the river.
We saw a mother and baby dolphin as well as the white bellied sea eagles. A lovely light lunch with some delicious dessert and a game of pass of parcel with a trivia twist challenged us, with Inara and Cheryl taking home lovely prizes.