Forum Luncheon 'It's All About Women'

What a wonderful and inspiring day! Ladies if you are yet to attend the Convention you will not be disappointed. Sylvia, Anne, Justene and Kath enjoyed listening to an amazing group of women. Name dropping just a few....Ita Buttrose....Senator Kate Lundy.... Bronwyn Bishop MP....and Pru Goward. ...
All gave their thoughts on how much things had changed for women during the past 50 years. George Forbes founded VIEW in 1960 and highlighted the importance of education and giving women a voice. Topics covered were equal pay, working in male dominated professions and balancing paid work with family commitments.
Karen Arthur may not be an name known to you however Karen was assisted by The Smith Family to become a lawyer. This young woman spoke about how the support given to her family assisted her to have hope, to aspire to a career and to achieve her dream.
A great day and there is much much more to come!

Elly Spark to visit on our birthday dinner

Elly is from the Bureau of Meteorology in Sydney and can be heard on 702 Radio. Elly and her husband also own a local winery,Kingsdale.
Come along and celebrate on Tuesday 28th September, bring a friend, bring two! Come and enjoy good company, interesting conversation, a great guest speaker and support The Smith Family's work with disadvantaged children.
The theme is "Spring Weather", see you there.

Fashion Parade

President Sylvia and several VIEW members to the rescue! Goulburn Day VIEW had planned a fashion parade and at the last moment were without models AND fashions to parade.
A few phone calls later, Sylvia had not only organised a range of stylish outfits but also models, Anne Cleary Maggie Rickard-Bell and Megan Johnston! They- together with the Goulburn Day ladies- put on a most enjoyable and stylish parade.

Unity plays at VIEW

August has been a cold and very wet month in Crookwell so it was wonderful to see so many members and their guests turn out. The band Unity are great entertainment and play a range of music. Keep an eye out for them as they also play at events around the Shire.
One of the members, Andrew is tourism officer for Upper Lachlan Shire Council and he gave a very interesting talk. Tourism in the Capital Country region is a 16 million dollar industry with 150,000 visitors each year.
Badges were presented to new members Nicki Spackman and Karen Crasnich -welcome ladies! Rhondda O'Connor was FOURTH time lucky with a badge showing her correct name. Sylvia Cullen, Inge Schulz and Patsy Miller received their 10 year badges- congratulations!
A speedy recovery to Bev Seaman who has recently had surgery.
A big thank you to Shirley Willis who collects beautiful bouquets for our birthdays. Shirley manages to find flowers in the middle of a Crookwell winter, bright colour to remind us that Spring is just around the corner.
The Convention in Canberra is fast approaching and Crookwell VIEW has representatives on all 3 days so well done everyone.
We have had a request for help for volunteer tutors. The Smith Family worker in Goulburn, Robyn is looking for help with the Indigenous Homework Centre and a Mentor Supervisor for the Student to Student program. Please contact any committee member for more information.
Until next time ..keep warm!
Kath (Publicity Officer)