MY VIEW

What a view I have from up above

Watching so many ladies with so much love

Giving freely to under-privileged little girls and boys,

Birthday presents and Xmas toys

 

The meeting begins and the minutes are read

The Delegate reports children are warm in bed

The dates are arranged – the ladies have fun

Catching trains and having morning teas in the sun

 

They sing and dance and carry on with silly rot

And all to provide schooling of a little tot

Counting and adding up all the sums

Cheques from the Treasurer – TSF get the funds

 

The ladies eat and chat for a little while

And some go to such trouble dressing up with style

With Guest Speakers, Parades and Bring and Buy Stall

All for the Kids – to educate them all

 

Different Clubs throughout Australia all having Fun

Sharing laughter and stories with everyone

Putting a smile on every child

Causing their little world to be more worthwhile

 

It makes me so emotional - I shed a little tear

For proudly I say – I had vision that year

It was in 1960 I saw the light

For Disadvantage Children to learn to read and write

 

Poem by Mary McNamara

Secretary, Arana VIEW Club