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
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Our club was successful in receiving a grant from Ararat RSL to pay for replacement parts for our defibrilator
Team of Laurie Tonkin(S), Harry Wheeler, Rod McClurg and Peter Dunn, were runners up at Nhill Probus Bowls
Josephina McDonald, our guest speaker at the October meeeting pictured with President Joy Wheeler and Life Member Harry Wheeler
Trevor and Gerry laid our wreath on Remembrance Day 2023
Craig Wilson from Ararat Advocate is thanked for his generous donation to our club
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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
Hannah Auld, our guest speaker for November with Rod Smart, President Joy and family friend Pauline Weeks
New member Mark Harrison
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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