Dot Field has no trouble recollecting where and when she had the idea of forming the Simply Social Club Kaikohe. She was sitting on a beach during her Christmas holiday in 1993.
"At that time, like most other young wives, I was very involved in Plunket, kindergarten and schools with fundraising and committees. Gazing out to sea I dreamed of doing something for me, something simple and something social," she said last week.
So the Simply Socal Club was launched, and there was no shortage of kindred spirits. Dot invited every woman she met in the street to meet for dinner on the last Wednesday in February, and told them to pass on the message.
"Twelve attended our first meeting, and had such a wonderful time we decided to invite others the next last Wednesday of the month, and so it has grown. Some of the original members are still involved, and others have come and gone over the years," she said.
Kaikohe not having many restaurants, we used to go to nearby towns as well, so the women started coming from other towns. Our first guest speaker was the manager of Radio Northland, and following that a variety of people from the North have joined us in that role."
