Oakleigh Evening VIEW Club

Oakleigh Evening continues to Thrive

Our September ZOOM meeting last night featured a talk by Mandar Nelson who related her experiences of living with autism.

She was an engaging speaker who gave our members an interesting insight into her “colourful life”. Many questions were asked and answered during and after her talk.

Zooming in September 2020

2020 August Zooming

For the August ZOOM meeting we were lucky enough to have Kate Wengier, a dietitian, as guest speaker.

Kate is the founding member of Foost which has one main mission: to encourage people to eat colourfully, therefore increasing people’s intake of fruit and vegetables; it’s literally that simple.

Her presentation gave us much “food for thought”.

Zooming into July

A ZOOM meeting was held in July; and we were honoured to have Brendan Scott as guest speaker.

He sang songs and told us about his life as an entertainer. We sang along in our own homes to many of the familiar songs he played. 

2020 May

During May Oakleigh Evening held mini meetings, Zoom meetings and, an online auction of items members donated, which raised $265.

People were contacted by phone if they were still in isolation. Staying connected is so important especially at this time.

Lockdown Innovation

Zoom in 2020

Quite an historic occasion.

Our club’s first Zoom video committee meeting. Lots of discussion about how to keep in touch with all our members. We have a phone tree happening for people who are not on social media, or email etc.

Due to the cancelling of the usual monthly meetings as the result of COVID 19, we are going to try and set up mini meetings via video.

2020 February

Great start to Oakleigh VIEW AGM with a full committee receiving their badges of office. The Silent Auction of donated goods raised $126. 

All funds raised go towards the sponsorship of our 6 Learning for Life students through The Smith Family charity.”

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas 2019

What a night we had for our Christmas party. 

We had a few games - Pass the Present; Rudolph heads and tails; and a Getting to Know you Game; where we all wrote down a random fact about ourselves and the other members had to guess if it was true or false! Some accomplished liars were exposed and the truth more often was stranger than fiction!

Santa paid us a visit and his happy elf helpers were on hand to hand out gifts. 

Women In The Forces

Monday 25th November we had the amazing Colleen Woolley as our guest speaker

An ex police officer Colleen has followed her passion and written a book - Arresting Women - about women in the police force in Australia throughout their history

Fascinating tales of strong women who followed their dreams and changed the system

It was also novel November with a book table laden with some great authors and books up for grabs ready for their new owners.

We raised $116!!

Oh What A Night!

At our October dinner  members were asked to bring something along for our “Make Bake or Grow” auction. 

Items included delicious cakes and slices, a surprising Halloween Green Marmalade, plants and some beautiful handmade blankets and hats. 

Some bidding wars broke out and we had a lot of fun.  We raised $473.50 for the six Learning for Life students we sponsor through The Smith Family. 

This will definitely be on the calendar again for next year.

Make Bake or Grow Success 

Friendship! Fun! And Fundraising! for 25th Birthday in May

What a night! On Monday night May 27th the club hosted a fabulous dinner to celebrate its 25th birthday. 

A 10 year badge was presented to Joy and we welcomed Joan as a new member. 

The theme was come as a Song or Star of the Silver Screen.

Champagne flowed on arrival and a great dinner as always was served up at the Oakleigh RSL Club

Raffle prizes, including  Mothers Day hamper from Carman’s Kitchen and travel goods from Snowgum helped raise over $500.

A paparazzi corner for photos, as well as delicious cup cakes and a finale from local singing group The Rubies made the night a special event.