PROBUS Club of Durham West
Welcome Our members are retired business and professional persons residing in Durham Region, including Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Brooklin, Oshawa and other areas. Our monthly meetings feature informative and entertaining speakers. Along with monthly social events and 23 activity groups who meet regularly, its a great way to meet new people, make new friends and discover new interests. Read More: Including the most recent PROBUS Canada newsletter. |
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OUR NEXT MEETING IS Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. |
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NOTE TO MEMBERS: Please note that the following pages have been moved over to Members Only and will require that you are logged-in to access them now. These are: - Activity Groups - Management Team - Newsletters |
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August Speaker Karen Burwell |
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CONNECTING WITH OTHERS THROUGH THE POWER OF FILM Karen has been volunteering in various Executive capacities for the Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF) since it began in 2017. Currently, in addition to being board Chair, she is working with a great team on the Programming and Education Committee. Karen graduated from Queen's University with a BA and a BEd decades ago, and worked for many fulfilling years as a teacher, Literacy Facilitator, Department Head, and Director of an annual school musical, all with the DDSB. She now works for free, and loves it! For more information on Karen Burwell and DRIFF click here. |
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Social Events
REMINDERS: There are NO REFUNDS if you sign-up for an event and are unable to attend. You may have someone go in your place by getting payment from them and notifying the event Convenor of the change, along with the name and phone number of the person replacing you. |
Past Events (for the current year)
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Upcoming Events |
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IN CONCERT - WESTBEN - Registration is closed Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Experience the incredible music of one of the most popular music theatre pieces in history: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s haunting musical based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The same team that brought Les Mis to Westben is back! After the show, you may opt to join us for dinner at the Mill Restaurant and Pub, located at Cobourg Creek Golf Club, 990 Ontario Street in Cobourg. Dinner will be at your own expense. This is a self-drive/carpool event. |
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COACH TRIP TO KINGSTON Join us for a coach trip to Kingston. We will tour Kingston Penitentiary, one of the oldest maximum security prisons in Canada. After lunch (at your own expense), we will tour Bellevue House, which was home to Sir John A. MacDonald for a period and is now a National Historic Site commemorating him. We need a minimum of 45 participants for this event to proceed. Payment will be requested only once we have reached the requisite number. Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For more information and to register click here. |
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Activity Groups |
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Member's Corner
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NewsSharing Our Recipes Courtesy of Patricia Bolger Curried Broccoli Slaw with Bacon and Cashews “The Big Guy” is a big fan of this Curried Broccoli Slaw with Bacon and Cashews for a summer BBQ or a buffet lunch. It has crunch, zing, salty sweetness and exotic curry flavours. Exotic is definitely in “The Big Guys” wavelength. His research goes to all things foreign and a mysterious ambiance of music and dance begins to emerge around the house. It looks to me by his sultry movements and some subtle changes to the room décor that he is hoping for an exotic dancer and a sultan’s tent. I will have to tell him someday that he is dreaming of the wrong country and wrong culture! Oh, such trials and tribulations. “The Big Guy” would recommend a cold IPA for a BBQ or a light crisp white wine, possibly a Chenin Blanc from France, South Africa or our own Pelee Island. The off-dry Chenin Blanc is slightly sweet, making it a great pairing for spicy southeast Asian cuisine. This Curried Broccoli Slaw with Bacon and Cashews is from The Curry Book written by Nancie McDermott and published in 1997. You can find a few other treasures in those pages as well. Click here for complete recipe. |
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