VIEW Club calls on support for Christmas Appeal

BONVILLE-Boambee VIEW Club is calling on the community to embrace the festive season’s spirit of giving and help raise funds for The Smith Family’s Christmas Appeal, to ensure thousands of students experiencing disadvantage can be supported in their education in 2026.

The charity aims to raise $4.9 million nationally through the appeal, which will provide more than 11,600 children with access to critical learning and mentoring programs to help them stay engaged and motivated at school.

This includes programs like student2student, which pairs younger students with young reading buddies, and after-school Learning Clubs, where students get support with their homework from trained volunteers – many of whom are VIEW Club members.

All funds raised through donations to the Christmas Appeal will ensure students can take part in The Smith Family’s evidence-based numeracy, literacy, tutoring, digital, and mentoring programs to help them catch up and keep up at school.

VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) is a national women’s organisation exclusively supporting children’s education charity The Smith Family.

Members sponsor students, volunteer, fundraise, and advocate to improve the life outcomes of Australian children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

Nationally VIEW Clubs currently support more than 1800 students on the charity’s Learning for Life program, which provides educational, personal, and financial support.

Bonville-Boambee VIEW Club supports nine students in this program, mainly through its fundraising activities, such as Christmas gift wrapping at Toormina Gardens.

Those interested in finding out more about VIEW or who would like to join, can visit view.org.au or contact Gail, the Bonville-Boambee VIEW Club president, on 0428 557 311.

For more information on the Christmas Appeal, go to smithfamily.com.au or call 1800 024 069.

By Aiden BURGESS