Ocean Grove Day VIEW Club recently celebrated its second birthday the day after International Women’s Day with a ‘creative birthday hat’ theme.
Despite COVID restrictions during this period, the club has grown to 116 members whose amazing fundraising efforts mean it can now support 13 students through the Learning for Life program, an initiative of The Smith Family.
The club meets on the second Thursday of each month at Ocean Grove Surf Lifesaving Club for the general meetings, which include an entertaining and informative guest speaker, raffles, and lots of fun and chat over a delicious lunch provided by the OGSLSC.
VIEW stands for Voice, Interests, Education of Women. It’s a leading women’s national volunteer organisation and has recently celebrated its 60th birthday. Members are from all walks of life and meet regularly to establish friendships through interest groups, such as book clubs, dining, cycling, card making, gardening, travel to name just a few). Through fundraising, VIEW supports the work of children’s charity, The Smith Family which assists disadvantaged Australian children. More information can be found at view.org.au/
VIEW’s mission is to create social change in Australian communities and empower women to have a voice on issues of importance for the wellbeing of Australian society. There are close to 300 VIEW Clubs around Australia open to women of all ages.
As a valued part of The Smith Family, VIEW members help to change the lives of young Australians in need through fundraising, volunteering, advocating, and sponsoring disadvantaged students on The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program.
VIEW Clubs sponsor more than 1500 disadvantaged students through the Learning for Life program.
