Probus Club of Ottawa Alta Vista

December 11th Christmas party

The 4th Wednesday in December is Christmas Day is so we have brought our Annual Christmas Party forward by two weeks.

Entertainment by Garth Hampson and Friends.

If your last name starts with:
- A to G, please bring sandwiches.
- H to Mc, please bring Christmas goodies, cake and squares (i.e. finger food - no pies).
- Me to Z, please bring appetizers, cheese, crackers, dips, veggie bites.
Finger food only, please (nothing that needs forks). Don’t forget to identify your platters - an address label underneath (like the ones the charities send out) will make sure it is returned to you.

January 22nd - Helen Forsey

Helen Forsey, like her father, Eugene, is a social activist and writer. She studied agriculture at McGill University, then worked in international co-operation and public education in Canada and overseas. Her writing and activism focus on feminist, environmental, political, and constitutional issues. As well as a new book on her father, Canada's Maverick Sage, her work includes many articles and two other books: Circles of Strength: Community Alternatives to Alienation (New Society, 1993) and The Caboose at the Cape: A Story of Coming Home (DRC, 2011). A mother and grandmother, she divides her time between the Ottawa Valley and her father's homeland of Newfoundland.

Helen speaks passionately on the Senate and brings to life the significance of her Father’s expert status on that body at a time when it is under intense scrutiny. Helen has memorabilia of those bygone times and illustrates the history of a great Canadian, Eugene Forsey.

JF Sauriol's presentation is available. Click the item in the left menu.

We are a 'Combined' Club. We meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month (except December - 2nd Wednesday). Meetings begin at 10:00 with a few minutes of announcements and then a speaker. Members start to arrive about 9:30 for coffee, cookies and chat (tea, Tim-bits and talk).

Meetings are at:

Gloucester Presbyterian Church
91 Pike Street

Pike Street runs north from Hunt Club just west of Conroy. The church is at the corner of Lorry Greenberg and Pike.

... to stimulate thought, interest and participation in activities at a time in life when it is easy to become complacent and self-centred.

Guests and Visitors from other Clubs are welcome.