Holdfast Evening VIEW Club

Our Club was delighted to have some Members of the Sing Australia Choir involve us in singing and having some fun.  An added bonus was the fact that two Members are VIEW Members. 

Our Christmas Menu was superb, as were the Elf table decorations. A wonderful evening to conclude a rewarding VIEW year, assisting The Smith Family to assist the Learning for Life students.

Our October Birthday was a stunning success. The lime theme made for a colourful room of table decorations, and our outfits too!  Many visitors attended from other VIEW Clubs and we enjoyed fine dining and a celebratory cake.

Photo of our wonderful cake.

Local Children's Author the renowned Mem Fox (shown in photo) took us back to younger days reading to us from her fabulous books including Possum Magic, and imploring us to read to children from birth onwards, for at least 10 minutes a day.

We found it a lovely experience to be read to again! 

Members contributed donations for fabulous stalls at our Birthday.

Designer glass jewellery was donated by its creator, joining other jewellery treasures, while we had a stall for Chocoholics and a stall for Wine buffs too. All resulted in a significant profit increase this Birthday, towards funding our 11 Students.

Photo shows our choc-treats-stall

Accompanying photo shows Carmel and Julie admiring our lime green table decorations.

Members also look forward to casual chatting at monthly coffee mornings in local coffee shops, or Member homes which are also small fundraisers.

Members enjoyed Margie's hospitality recently, especially the scones which Barbara enjoys!

Our Delegate Gail collected all our baby images, and compiled them into table groupings, and a presentation for our Dinner.

We sat at the table with our image, and had to guess the baby images of all sitting at the table. Lots of fun and a small fundraiser too. What VIEW cuties we are!

Club Members provided donations of raffle prizes, plants, artwork, cosmetics and a silent auction, to boost our fundraising to support our 11 Learning for Life sponsored students.

Sparkling wine, cake and coffee added to the enjoyment of a fun day.

Members combined a guided tour of the former home of David Roche in North Adelaide, to view the magnificent works he collected during his lifetime with a visit to the Quilts, Fabrics of War Exhibition. Lunch was enjoyed afterwards. 

Photo shows some of our Members at David's home.

These quilts were made from the blended wool of military uniforms by men in the field of war, or on returning home, from 1760 onward. Annette Gero has collected the quilts. We were amazed at their intricacy.

Photo shows just one of the quilts on display.

Holdfast Evening Members strongly supported the International Women's Day event that was hosted by Marion VIEW Club.

We were very proud that the VIEW performing duo who can be seen in the accompanying photo, Paul and Paul, from the 2022 Adelaide VIEW Convention, were able to perform the VIEW song they had written during Covid times, for the 100 plus View members and friends present, as well as other entertaining acts.  Paul M's Mother Elaine,  and Paul S's Wife,  Athalie  were especially proud!

Photo shows Paul M. celebrating the great Raffle prize win by his Mum, Elaine.

Photo shows a table of Holdfast Evening Members enjoying the day.

Stunning cool Hills gardens at Stirling, courtesy of the Zeitz and Metzger families, were enjoyed by many members, also a delicious morning coffee surrounded by the garden. The trees were planted 40 years ago to create a suitable canopy for the 80 tree ferns, huge hydrangea blooms, fuchsias and bromeliads, to name a few, and watered by a spring and small creek meandering through the properties.  A delicious lunch at Stirling Hotel completed our lovely outing.

Photo of Athalie who matches the stunning hyrangeas

Members enjoy morning coffee with scones, while owner and gardener Jenny gives us a talk on her garden,