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NOVEMBER 2024 GOINGS ON


November 13/24  Welcome new members; Freyda Isaacs, Harry Dahme, Marlene Egan.

 



November 13/24  Guest speaker Janet Somerville draws our winning 50/50 ticket and Florence Buchowski collects her prize.

 


November 13/24  Guest speaker Janet Somerville shared her passion for the life and career of war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.


Janet captivated her audience and furthered our knowledge at question period.

 

November 20/24  Dining Out – Joia’s Ristorante & Wine Bar



Plenty of good fun and laughter, great food and attentive service made for a most enjoyable outing.

 

OCTOBER 2024 GOINGS ON


October 9/24  We welcomed new members; Susan Aldridge, Florence Sanders, Cheryl Hannaford, Ruth McIntosh, David McIntosh, and Antoinette Arantes


October 9/24  Our 50/50 winner was Barbara Connor.


October 9/24  Our speaker Kelli Gastis spoke about her experiences with MS and how she manages it.

 
Kelli had an attentive audience and answered their many questions.

 

October 16/24  Dining Out at Cynthia’s Chinese Restaurant.


A wonderful evening of laughs and lively conversation, attentive service and delicious food. If you look closely you might notice one group all smiles and chuckles until their main course arrived, then it was down to some very serious business. It might have been worth my fingers, had I reached for a taste. 

 


Friday, October 17/24 The Inaugural Aurora York Central Probus Coffee and Conversation gathering held at Pur and Simple was fun, and a great opportunity to get to know some of our new members.  Welcome to all.

 

SEPTEMBER 2024 GOINGS ON


September 11/24  Welcome to new members Florence Buchowski, Ted Buchowski, Sol Kessler, Jane Pagel, Marg Rochon, Sylvia Wolf, Leo Ralph, Madeline Munn, Maria Wittenbols, Johanna Harbauer, Linda Davis


and last but not least Maria Wittenbols

 

 
September 11/24  Presenter Dan Revington draws the winning 50/50 ticket and the winner is President Garry Sleep

 

 
September 11/24  A great turnout to hear Dan Revington’s talk on his climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 70.

   
An enthusiastic Q&A at the end

 

 
September 28/24 Dining Out at Sweet Dutchess where we enjoyed super food and fun conversation.

 

JUNE 2024 GOINGS ON


June 12/24  President Garry Sleep opens the meeting and welcomes guests


June 12/24  Treasurer Marie Wallace presents our financial picture


June 12/24  Paula Greenberg Eriksen takes away this month’s 50/50, congratulations!


June 12/24  presenter Diana Trepkov, Forensic Artist

 

MAY 2024 GOINGS ON

 
May 8/24  Presenter Annamarie Hagan


May 8/24  Welcome to new members Ray and Susan Legault 


May 8/24  Dining Out was at Moxies


May 8/24  Lively conversation great food and great desserts!

 

APRIL 2024 GOINGS ON


April 10/24
 Presenter Steve Chapelle draws the winning 50/50 ticket


April 10/24  President Garry Sleep awards the 50/50 winnings to Trevor Bethell… oh here’s some more, wait here’s more and a little more… “You sure that’s all of it, Garry?” Trevor asks.


April 10/24  Presenter Steve Chapelle – What is Digital Estate Planning



 
April 10/24  Steve Chapelle explained the process of Digital Estate Planning to an attentive audience and responded to our questions.

 

 
April 17/24  A small gathering enjoys a delicious lunch at the Symposium Cafe.

 

MARCH 2024 GOINGS ON


March 13/24
 Presenter Patty McLaughlin draws the winning 50/50 ticket


March 13/24  Brenda North presents 50/50 winnings to Ed Tutkaluk

 




March 13/24  Patty McLaughlin and Paul Snelgrove shared how music has influenced their lives and entertained us with covers and their own “Homemade Songs”. All and all, a much enjoyable morning. Bottom photo courtesy of Cliff White.

 
March 20/24  Dining Outs are a terrific way to get to better know fellow members and enjoy a delicious meal. This month we met at Joia Ristorante & Wine Bar.

FEBRUARY 2024 GOINGS ON


February 14/24
 New members receive club name badges (left to right) Trevor and Gaile Bethell, Steve and Penny Sedore.


February 10/24  A very happy Brian North wins 50/50. Congratulations.




February 14/24  Aurora author Carol Newall gave an interesting talk and answered questions about her new book Outside The Gate.


February 14/24  This month’s Dining Out attendees enjoyed lively conversation, lots of laughs and a fine meal at Casa Carbone.

 

JANUARY 2024 GOINGS ON


January 17/24 Our 1st Dining out of 2024 was held at Wicked Eats, Aurora. Where we enjoyed delicious food, lively conversation, attentive service and…

    
a little bit of thievery.

 


January 10/24  New members Anna Pilato, Mary Lee Koyl, Wayne Scott and Wendy Smith receive their name badges.


January 10/24  New member Wayne Scott wins 50/50. Congratulations.



January 10/24  We had a good turn out for Aurora’s Mayor Tom Mrakas’s Q&A session.

CHRISTMAS 2023 FESTIVITIES

December 13/23  A great way to finish off 2023, in the company of friends over a delicious meal prepared by Aqua Grill.

 

NOVEMBER 2023 GOINGS ON


November 15/23  A thoroughly engaged group enjoyed great conversation and delicious food at Aurora’s Sweet Duchess.

 


November 8/23  Juanita Butler, November’s speaker gave a very interesting and thorough talk on CHATS telling us of the myriad services it has available to assist seniors in their day to day lives and help make living at home more manageable. Juanita fielded questions from the audience on how CHATS is funded and the vital role played by volunteers. If you have loved ones in need of CHATS services or would like to know more about volunteering opportunities, please visit the CHATS website https://chats.on.ca


November 8/23  We had a good turn out which is always great to see. 


November 8/23  Congratulations to our 50/50 winner Bryan White.

 

OCTOBER 2023 GOINGS ON


October 11/23  A warm welcome to new members Jim Wasyliw and Anna Pilato.

 
October 11/23  Congratulations to our October 50/50 Draw winner, Moe Egan.



October 11/23  Leah den Bok, our speaker for October gave an excellent presentation on homelessness and the difficulties faced for them to simply survive. Leah’s assistant for the morning, her mother, helped with the video as well as the sale of Leah’s three books. All proceeds of her books are donated to charities that help the homeless. Interested in learning more about Leah and her project?  https://www.humanizingthehomeless.org

 

SEPTEMBERBER 2023 GOINGS ON


September 30/23  A great opportunity to get to know our new members.

 

 
Sept.13/23  Our new members receive their name badges. From left to right; Ilga Shields, Lief Holmvail, Dan Revington, Brian Horton, Marie Wallace, John Matheson, Karen Horton, and Janet Mullally.


Sept.13/23 Our Fifty/Fifty Draw winner George Gonsalves, congratulations!


First Aurora Probus Club In Person Meeting Post Covid