It was a special celebration at our Probus club meeting this week, celebrating 50 years of Probus in New Zealand. Probus had its beginnings in the UK in 1965 with retired members of Rotary forming a community based social club in Welwyn Garden City, north of London, named the Campus Club. Then the following year the first actual Probus Club was established by the Rotary Club of Caterham. Probus then found its way to New Zealand with the first club in the Southern Hemisphere being the Probus Club of Kapiti Coast. Our own club, Levin Combined Probus Club was formed in 1995.
We had an interesting speaker, Cliff Rasmussen, Operations Team Manager of the newly opened St John Levin Ambulance Station, telling us of how the centre is run, and the different roles the staff have. This talk was followed by a special morning tea to mark 50 years of Probus in New Zealand.
Dot, Jenny and Robin at Probus meeting
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I enjoyed tagging along on your camping trip. Sorry that it rained so much but I don't think you folks let the weather put a damper on your good time. You seem to enjoy life wherever you're at and no matter the weather. That Christmas Barn really looked like a fun place to explore. Thanks for letting me tag along.
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