By Norma McCormack
Who would like to be acknowledged in Senior’s Week? We would! Seniors of the Glasshouse Mountain’s Combined Probus Club. What is Probus? It is a social group composed of members who no longer suffer from work-related stress. Retirees can meet with others of roughly similar age to talk about past experiences, share stories and look forward to new experiences. Probus is for active retirees from all walks of life.
Glasshouse Club was formed in 2001 and is part of the world wide Probus Organisation. Each Probus Club has it’s own character while staying within the goals of the larger parent body. Our Club elected to be open to both men and women, hence “Combined” was added to our name. It is a social club which provides fun filled activities whilst also promoting intellectual and cultural interests with the motto “Fun, Friendship, and Fellowship”.
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 10am in the Glasshouse Mountains R.S.L. Hall. Other Wednesdays of the month are devoted to outings, dining out, coffee and chat mornings or committee meetings. The short business of the element of our meeting is followed by a guest speaker. Our Outing Wednesday is always something to look forward to. Our group visit many local areas throughout the Glasshouse Country and further afield , inlcuing Brisbane, Toowoomba, Somerset Dam and Eumundi, to name a few. Bus or train travel is used where possible.
On other Wednesdays there is Dining Out at local Restaurants or Coffee and Chat mornings for small groups. There are smaller groups where Members can share interests e.g. a Book Club, a Craft Club and Canasta Group.Getting out has got to be good and the best reason to do that is having Fun,
The age of membership covered in our Club is thirty years, so obviously those who join keep coming. After fifteen years of being, a club history was compiled. All this indicates the caring inter-generational friendships formed in a club such as ours. This helps in a small way to ease the loss, through distance, of companionship of older relatives or friends of members who have come to this area from far. If this doesn’t move you to join Probus, there is one more plus – we don’t have Cake Stalls or Fundraise.
See you in Probus!
Main image: Coffee and Chat Morning with Dagmar, Marita, Gordon and Norma
