Caloundra Evening VIEW Club

What We've Been Doing:

 Below: Treasurer Beryl (left) with Jill and two beautiful coathangers 

Caloundra VIEW Farewell to Jill Ryan

The committee of Caloundra Evening View Club enjoyed a lovely lunch at the Parklands Tavern, Little Mountain, to say thanks to a long standing and valued member Jill Ryan.

Jill has been a member of VIEW since the early 1980s when she joined in Tamworth and is currently a member of both Caloundra and Kawana clubs. It has been a long held tradition in our club to present a hand-knitted covered coat hanger to members celebrating a birthday and Jill has produced over 300 for our club, all greatly appreciated.

July 2021 Dinner Meeting

Above: Rebecca

The Caloundra Evening VIEW Club was inspired at their last dinner meeting by their guest speaker, Rebecca.  She proudly stood before approximately 90 women and told of her story from a disadvantaged family with little hope for her future to achieving successes in many different fields. She recalled that she only ever had ill fitting hand me down clothes, no hope of going on school excursions and felt different from the other school children.

Rebecca became one of our club's sponsored school children and attributes this as turning her and her mum's life around.  With financial support, she proudly attended school and found she had a passion for learning and her mum became involved with school activities for the first time, which eventually led to her studying to become a teacher's aide. Rebecca achieved excellent results, obtained scholarships to university and travelled to Hawaii to further her studies in science. She is a remarkable young woman, she is grateful for the opportunities which presented themselves to her and has enthusiastically embraced them.  We as a club are very proud to have played some minor role in her success and her future.

June 2021 Dinner Meeting

Below: L-R: Carole, Bernice, Evelyn and Helen

At the June Meeting of the Caloundra Evening VIEW Club, three new members were welcomed. Carole introduced them and explained the workings of VIEW, the friendships made, the enjoyment of being part of a very friendly and welcoming club and our responsibility to continue our commitment to helping young Australians in need to get the most out of their education so that they can create a better future for themselves. 

As well as sponsoring 11 children directly, Caloundra VIEW assists in other ways such as afterschool homework supervision and mentoring.

May 2021 Dinner Meeting

At our May dinner meeting, our guest speaker was Rex Eggmolesse supported by his lovely wife Vikki. Rex spoke about the Kanakas, giving us a fabulous insight into his culture and the brutal trade of blackbirding  to procure South Sea Islanders to work in Queensland's sugar cane fields.  These island people were coerced and very often forced onto sailing ships and brought to Australia where the conditions for them were very primitive & tough. The trade started in 1860 and was eventually controlled and banned in 1904.  During those years, tens of thousands of islanders were involved.  Unfortunately, the history of the Kanakas has generally been ignored in modern Queensland history.

After Rex told his story, he entertained us with his guitar playing and a wonderful and heartfelt singing voice.

 Above: Vicki and Rex with Janette 

January 2021

We celebrated the start of 2021 with a Masked Friendship Dinner.

Below: Beryl and Janette enjoyed the picturesque setting at Caloundra Golf Club

Below: Janette, Sue and Ruth at our friendship dinner