Probus Club of Copper Island has celebrated a major landmark, officially become one of the more than 200 Probus clubs in Canada.
The club’s members have joined with more than 27,000 members across the country and are now inviting men, women and couples to join.
The club is hoping to meet more people from the North Shuswap, Chase, Sorrento, Blind Bay, White Lake, Eagle Bay and Wild Rose Bay areas.
The club provides local residents with the opportunity to come together, meet new people, listen to guest speakers and share in a lively conversation.
Club organizers also hope to offer something for everyone no matter the interest, and invite participants to form sub-groups according to their shared interests.
The club tries to bring in a wide range of guest speakers to meet a wide range of interests.
Past speakers have included Jim Cooperman, president of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society.
In October, the club brought in two representatives from the BC Securities Commission to speak about investment fraud.
This month, Steve Corrie provided the group with background on The Voice of the Shuswap, the new community radio station out of Salmon Arm.
The March 14 meeting will feature guest, Kathryn Vennard, a lawyer with Brooke Jackson Downs in Salmon Arm. Vennard will be speaking on wills, and the necessity to review and update them.
The guest speakers are not the only reason to join the club; however, other activities the club has been involved with are a potluck lunch and tour of an organic garlic farm, summer potluck lunch at a private beach park, a wine tour of local wineries and Crannog Ales, dinner theatre at Quaaout Lodge, Christmas luncheon and skits with Peter Blacklock, snowshoeing and cross country skiing.
The club’s meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at Toad Hall, behind Toby’s Restaurant, in Sorrento.
The coffee is on by 9:30 a.m. for social interaction, and the meetings will start at 10 a.m.
The intention of the club is to have an interesting selection of guest speakers with a variety of topics for everyone.
Attend the next meeting to see if the Probus Club is something you would be interested in joining.
For more information, in Blind Bay, call Simon Brown at 250- 675-2140; in Chase, call Gary Koo at 250 679-3340; or Dave Barton at 250-675-4887.
Or check the Probus website at http:// www.probus.org.
