About 200 members of the St Bernadette’s Senior’s Club will celebrate the group’s silver anniversary next month.
Treasurer Valerie Buttigieg said the Sunshine North club was all about keeping people happy by bringing them together.
“A lot of men and women who have lost their partners come,” she said. “It’s like an extended family, I would say.”
The club was founded in 1992 as the Maltese St Bernadette’s Club, and at its peak, had more than 400 members.
“Our current president, Alfred Zahra, who was then vice-president, together with six others parishioners … formed the club under the umbrella of the church towards the end of 1991, but they had their first official meeting in February, 1992,” Ms Buttigieg said.
Members continue to meet each week for bingo and monthly for outings that can vary from strawberry picking to trips out of town.
To celebrate the club’s 25th anniversary, it has a dinner and show planned for February 11 at St Bernadette’s Community Centre in Cooke Avenue, Sunshine North.
Tribute artists will perform as Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley and dancing will follow.
To purchase tickets, contact Valerie on valbutt@bigpond.com.
