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, November 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. This will be our last meeting of the year! |
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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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November Speaker Diana Trepkov |
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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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Click Here for information and pictures relating to past events. |
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Upcoming Events
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COURT WHIST Friday, November 7, 2025 No problem if you’ve never played Court Whist before. It is an easy game based on taking tricks. Each hand will vary slightly as we will have different wilds, etc. You will be changing players after each game and interacting with lots of different people. |
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There will be prizes for best, worst and luckiest players. Registration is for members only. If you have any questions, contact the Convenor: Bernice Pyke via our Directory. To register for this event, click here. |
VANDERMEER NURSERY PRODUCTION TOUR Registration is now closed (Event at Capacity) Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour through the growing side of Vandermeer Nursery, as we walk through the retail store and four different production greenhouses, spanning over 20 of their 36 acres. |
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We'll explore the greenhouse infrastructure, propagation methods, and the technology used to grow healthy plants at scale. This is a self-drive/carpool event. For full details of this event, click here. |
2025 ANNUAL HOLIDAY LUNCHEON Our 2025 Annual Holiday Luncheon will be held on Thursday, December 11th at the Ajax Convention Centre, 515 Beck Crescent, Ajax, Ontario. The celebrations will begin at 11:30 a.m.
We look forward to having a wonderful Holiday Luncheon with musical entertainment and prizes. For full details and to register for this event, click here. |  |
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Activity Groups |
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Member's Corner
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Go To Members Corner for more details |
NewsSharing Our Recipes Courtesy of Patricia Bolger Pasta E Fagioli Soup What could possibly be better than a hearty bean soup as the Fall leaves are flying and all of our Summer memories turn into Fall sweaters and cool temperatures. “The Big Guy” and I love this soup and we eat it with big slabs of fresh bread to sop up all the juices. “The Big Guy” eats everything but has a great aversion to celery, cucumber, coconut and the fuzzy skins of |
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peaches. It is always fun to put lots of celery in the soup and watch him locate and fish out all the celery pieces. We really do need new entertainment options at our house! I often make a much larger pot of soup using all ingredients but I hold off the on the pasta. I will freeze enough for 2 hungry seniors (3 cups) in Ziplock bags. When I thaw the soup for lunch, I will add the pasta and boil until the pasta is tender but not bloated. You may think that ΒΌ cup of olive oil is way too much, but it is just the right amount as it keeps the vegetable colours bright and crisp. Click here for complete recipe. Enjoy! |
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