PROBUS
FUN, FRIENDSHIP, FELLOWSHIP
MEETING TIMES AND PLACE
2nd Thursday of each month 10am at Ararat West Uniting Church 55 Banfield St Ararat
CONTACT DETAILS
Secretary Maureen Smart
Email - mrsmart2@bigpond.com
Phone 0400603764
President of Probus Club of Ararat for 2023/24 Joy Wheeler
Paramedic Kristie gave a refresher for using our defibrillator at our April meeting. Ken Richie thanks her for an excellent presentation
Jack Ward, our guest speaker at our AGM in March, with new President Joy and Vice President Ken
Rod Lewin was our guest speaker in July 2023. He is joined here with President Joy and hosts Bryan Park and David Haddow
Gerry Hirst helped to lay a wreath on Anzac Day for our club
Tim Andrew and Ian Holwell with guest speaker Elia Purtle at our June meeting
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Contact Details
President Joy Wheeler 0409529726
Secretary Maureen Smart 0400603764
VicePresident Ken Richie
Treasurer Glenys Andrew
Committee
Past President Peter Kaczynski
Rod McClurg
Glenda Hurstfield
Pauline Weeks
Ken Richie
Anne Joyce
Guest speaker at our August 2023 meeting Marian McAdie with Anne Joyce
Probians at Seppelts Great Western for a tour of the underground cellars
A quote from the October/November 2019 issue of Active Retirees new PSPL Chairman Margaret Drake when asked "What makes Probus so special?"
Probus is a social club without a lot of the constraints of other associations, which means each Club can mould itself to the needs of its members. This means that no matter what Club you're a member of, you can have direct input into the activities in which those members can choose to participate.
This also means that every Club has a great range of activities that everyone enjoys, no matter how active or inactive they choose to be. Probus is non-political, non-religious and does not fund raise, attributes that appeal to many retirees.
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