Membership Meeting at the Broken Yoke in Oceanside on July 13th at 9:30 to hear about some of our new groups and special events.  Each committee will be reporting on their activities during the year.  You will not be disappointed.

Animal Services Rachel Borrelli from Animal Services coming for the August meeting, August 10th, 9:30 AM. She will be discussing different ways to volunteer at the shelters and different services they offer. She is asking for donations of peanut butter, blanket, toys, and anything else dogs could use at the shelter. Any donations members can […]

Due to a death in the family, our scheduled speaker will have to reschedule. VFN's Membership meeting at the Broken Yolk is on Thursday September 14th, at 9:30 AM. Please bring any donations you have for the Arc or Womens' Resource to the Membership Meeting

Self Defense for Women and Children VFN's Membership meeting at the Broken Yolk is on Thursday October 12th, at 9:30 AM. Our speaker this month will be Cindy Baez. She owns Self Defense for Women and Children. She will show us what she teaches for self defense. The Future of Vista Friends & Newcomers Following […]

Sex Trafficking in San Diego Todd from the Oceanside police department will be speaking on our sex trafficking problems here in San Diego. The Meeting will be held at the Broken Yolk on Thursday, November 9th at 9:30 AM

Join us January 11th for our annual White Elephant Auction. More details in the next E-Blast.

Join us at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside on February 8th at 9:30 AM to Celebrate Vista Friends and Newcomers' Founders' Day. Each February, we celebrate our organization by reminding members of the history of the organization. Please join us to celebrate and learn more about the history of our organization. We will have special […]

Join us at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside on March 14th at 9:30 AM. This month our speaker will be Mimi Gizoni from the Vista Garden Club. She will share with us all the fun and exciting things they do and how to join the club if interested.

This month for our monthly meeting, Lorraine from Garment Gourmet in Vista will be sharing with us all the exciting things her consignment store has to offer. I have been to a few of her fashion shows. She always has such nice things to show. I think you will all really enjoy her. The General […]

Our Monthly Membership Meeting is held on the 2nd Thursday of the month, 9:30 AM at Broken Yolk Cafe in Oceanside.

Vista Friends and Newcomers Installation Luncheon Ciao Restaurant, 215 E. Vista Way, Thursday, June 13, 11:30 a.m. Luncheon includes: House Salad; Wood-Fired Pizza- Margarita, Meat Lovers, Vegetarian; Beverage-Soda, Iced Tea, Lemonade Cost: $27.99 p/p based on 24 attendees includes tax and tip Please let Trudy know of your planned attendence and give her a check […]

The Monthly Membership Meeting is Thursday, July 11th, 9:30 AM at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside. For July's program, we will be interacting with and learning more about others. You are encouraged to come to each monthly meeting in addition to other activities

The Membership Meeting will be on Thursday, August 8th, at 9:30 AM at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside. The meeting in August will be very informative and AMAZING as Jan Zacharias will be telling us about her experiences with the fire fighters. Very appropriate topic for this fire season.

The membership meeting will be Thursday, September 12th at 9:30am at The Broken Yolk in Oceanside. September’s program: author Lynn Abate Johnson who wrote Voices of 21st Century: Women Empowered Through Passion and Purpose. For those that arrive on time we will be playing BINGO!

The membership meeting will be Thursday, November 14th at 9:30am at The Broken Yolk in Oceanside. November's program: Jan Zacharias will be providing a short explanation how cost of a fire is determined.  Visual description of a fire on a map relating to how costs are determined.  Funny experiences that I personally experienced. For those that […]

Monthly Membership meeting is Thursday January 9th, 9:30 AM at Broken Yolk in Oceanside. Yes, Dick Fisher actually grew up on Alcatraz! Listen as he shares stories of what it was like growing up as the son of a correctional officer stationed at the infamous prison during the mid 1930s. He was there as a […]

Our program for February 13th will combine celebrating Vista Friends and Newcomers’ Founder’s Day with a White Elephant Auction. We will begin the meeting with two games of BINGO, YEA! More information about Founders’ Day will be given to you in the next two weeks about the history of Founders’ Day. Member’s will also bid […]

OUR BREAKFAST MEMBERSHIP MEETING WILL BE May 8, Thursday at 9:30 at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside 2434 Vista Way. All members are invited and encouraged to attend and bring a friend. Looking forward to seeing you all at the membership meeting. If you haven’t come in a while, we hope you will!  BINGO starts […]

OUR BREAKFAST MEMBERSHIP MEETING WILL BE June 12th, Thursday at 9:30 at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside 2434 Vista Way. June marks the ending of one year and the beginning of the next. Installation of New Officers will be our program this month. All members are invited and encouraged to attend and bring a friend. Looking […]

Come meet Oceanside “Surfer Tom”. who will explain about all the fun things you will do and experience at the CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM at 312 Pier View Way, Oceanside, Ca. ( A great place to take our family and  grandchildren on a warm summer day!)  Tom will take you back to the days of The […]

Join us for an interesting and informative talk about  “TIPS FOR USING YOUR IPHONE” by our own member, Hadar Hawk! September 11, 2025 Breakfast @ Broken Yolk at 9:30 am after Bingo. Bring your phone charged please.  You may send her your questions ahead of time by emailing her at hadarhawk@gmail.com by September 8th. Hadar has a […]

OUR BREAKFAST MEMBERSHIP MEETING WILL BE October 9, Thursday at 9:30 at the Broken Yolk in Oceanside 2434 Vista Way. All members invited and encouraged to attend. Sophia Guzman will present Just in Time for Foster Youth. Just in Time for Foster Youth’s mission is to engage a caring community to help transition foster youth […]

VFN's member Sushma Chandra will talk to VFN about how to maintain our balance as we age. She has been an instructor for many years in yoga and other types of stretching and strengthening forms of body movements. She asks that we wear tennis shoes so we can practice the moves she teaches us. Remember […]

We will be celebrating Founders’s Day at our next membership meeting, Thursday, February 12, at 9:30 at Broken Yolk in Oceanside. This year we are asking EACH person to tell what VFN means to you ——- you can write about why you joined, what members mean to you, activities, why you continue to be a […]