This month we celebrated our Christmas Luncheon at the Goulburn Soldiers Club, welcoming 28 members with apologies from two members.
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We also welcomed back Margaret Walcott and sent our best wishes to Pat Delaney who is unwell at the moment.
We enjoyed a delicious meal of Christmas meats and vegetables with plum pudding or fruit salad for dessert.
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Birthdays for December included Belinda Rankin, Lea Laidler, Irene Picker, Robyn King, Judy Stephenson, Margaret Robinson, Pat Delaney, Hope Sykes, Margaret Gooch and Lyn Bushell.
A presentation of an Inaugural Member Certificate was awarded to Margaret as she joined VIEW on November 8, 1977.
Carol Olsen was also presented with a Certificate for 40 years continuous membership to VIEW.
All members/guests are required to show their double vaccination certificate upon the entry to each luncheon. Please have your certificate ready to show at the door when you pay for lunch.
A Trading Table was held and raised $565, a wonderful addition to our funds towards sponsorship of our Learning for Life students.
As we didn't have a Guest Speaker, we had some games with balloons which caused much laughter, and a great time was had by all.
Secret Santa gifts were presented to each member and Lucky Christmas bauble gifts were won by Kathy Hunt, Robyn Cummins, Delma Nelson, Gloria Porter and Jenni Aubrey. The Lucky Newsletter was won by Belinda Rankin.
Raffles were won by Kathy Hunt, Kayleen Tremble, Geraldine Hunt, Jenni Aubrey, Jean Ryan and Margaret Gooch. The Lucky number was not won today and will jackpot to February 2021.
Our last social outing was The Curry House where members enjoyed a delicious lunch.
Our next outing will be on Thursday, December 16 at the Roses Cafe at 12.30pm. Names need to be given to Margaret Gooch by 7pm on Monday, December 13.
Our next meeting will be the AGM on Thursday, February 3 at 11.30am at the Goulburn Soldiers Club.
Please contact Margaret Gooch (02) 4822 1859 or 0409 904 917 before 7pm the Monday before the luncheon if you wish to attend.
You can also text or email your acceptance to mgooch65@gmail.com.
VIEW is proud to be The Smith Family's single largest community sponsor of Learning for Life Students.
Nationally, VIEW members sponsor more than 1,400 disadvantaged students, enabling them to get the most from their education through assistance and support from The Smith Family's Learning for Life program.
We do this because we believe that by helping disadvantaged children succeed at school, we can have a lasting impact on their lives and potential generations to come.
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