The Apple Refresher course is half way through and has been helping those who have been attended. The Committee would like to thank Jenny Sawyer for running this course. The final two sessions are on Friday 5th and Friday 12th September at 1.30pm in Room 1.
U3A Benalla have been awarded a Get Online Week Grant to run a BBQ and Ask a Question on Wednesday 22nd October at 12 noon. The Lions club will be cooking the BBQ and we hope to have tables set up on the veranda as in previous years. Please bring along your friends who may need help with their phones, tablets or iPads, and also bring along the topics that you would like help with. To encourage questions, there will be small prizes for those who ask a question. Our tech gurus Ruth Jelliff, Robyn Lukey and Jenny Sawyer will be attending.
During the last month we have had some shelving installed in the U3A Office. This has allowed us to get everything off the floor and onto the shelves. Thank you to Les MacLean and the Benalla Woodworkers for a great job, and to Benalla Rural City Council for the Quick Response Grant which enabled us to have the shelving made. Thank you also to Doug Smith for the article in the Ensign shortly after the shelving was installed.
Unfortunately, at the end of July over one weekend we had another two break ins to the Benalla Seniors and Community Centre. Doors were opened on both occasions, but nothing was taken. U3A Benalla are continuing discussions with Benalla Rural City Council regarding changing the external locks to this building.
On Tuesday 26th August Peter Keane, CEO of Benalla Rural City Council came to the Benalla Seniors and Community Centre to see the building and to meet with Doug Smith and myself regarding the Masterplan for the BS&CC building. Peter also met briefly with the Politics Group, our Website Team Bev Lee and Dawn Stephens and also members of the Benalla Senior Citizens.
At our August U3A Committee Meeting we received the resignation of Corrie Witlox from the U3A Committee. Corrie has been a member of the U3A Committee since 2011 and was Treasurer for several years in the period 2014 to 2018 and again in 2024. In recognition of her work the Committee voted to present Corrie with a Certificate of Appreciation at the next AGM.
Under the Model Rules which were adopted in 2023, the Committee agreed to fill the casual vacancy created by Corrie’s resignation. Jane Rushworth will fill the vacancy on the U3A Committee until the next AGM in March 2026.
A date for your diary. On Wednesday 15th October at Meet and Mingle we are having a talk by Samuel Thorpe from Latrobe Community Health Service on the new Age Care System which is coming into law on lst November 2025. This talk is a follow on from “Staying at Home for Longer” which was presented in 2024 by the same organisation. We are opening this up to the Benalla community as it is a topic which our age group needs to know about and understand. So please bring your friends along, even though they may not be U3A members. We have arranged for this meeting to be held in the Auditorium so that we can accommodate everyone.
We have also booked the Auditorium for Wednesday 19th November for our U3A Concert and Patchwork and Craft display. We will have the Singing for Fun group, the Recorder Group and the Ukulele Group entertaining us as well as the Patch workers and Craft members displaying their talents. Please put this in your diary as it should be a great morning of entertainment for everyone.
Margaret Jenkins
U3A Benalla have been awarded a Get Online Week Grant to run a BBQ and Ask a Question on Wednesday 22nd October at 12 noon. The Lions club will be cooking the BBQ and we hope to have tables set up on the veranda as in previous years. Please bring along your friends who may need help with their phones, tablets or iPads, and also bring along the topics that you would like help with. To encourage questions, there will be small prizes for those who ask a question. Our tech gurus Ruth Jelliff, Robyn Lukey and Jenny Sawyer will be attending.
During the last month we have had some shelving installed in the U3A Office. This has allowed us to get everything off the floor and onto the shelves. Thank you to Les MacLean and the Benalla Woodworkers for a great job, and to Benalla Rural City Council for the Quick Response Grant which enabled us to have the shelving made. Thank you also to Doug Smith for the article in the Ensign shortly after the shelving was installed.
Unfortunately, at the end of July over one weekend we had another two break ins to the Benalla Seniors and Community Centre. Doors were opened on both occasions, but nothing was taken. U3A Benalla are continuing discussions with Benalla Rural City Council regarding changing the external locks to this building.
On Tuesday 26th August Peter Keane, CEO of Benalla Rural City Council came to the Benalla Seniors and Community Centre to see the building and to meet with Doug Smith and myself regarding the Masterplan for the BS&CC building. Peter also met briefly with the Politics Group, our Website Team Bev Lee and Dawn Stephens and also members of the Benalla Senior Citizens.
At our August U3A Committee Meeting we received the resignation of Corrie Witlox from the U3A Committee. Corrie has been a member of the U3A Committee since 2011 and was Treasurer for several years in the period 2014 to 2018 and again in 2024. In recognition of her work the Committee voted to present Corrie with a Certificate of Appreciation at the next AGM.
Under the Model Rules which were adopted in 2023, the Committee agreed to fill the casual vacancy created by Corrie’s resignation. Jane Rushworth will fill the vacancy on the U3A Committee until the next AGM in March 2026.
A date for your diary. On Wednesday 15th October at Meet and Mingle we are having a talk by Samuel Thorpe from Latrobe Community Health Service on the new Age Care System which is coming into law on lst November 2025. This talk is a follow on from “Staying at Home for Longer” which was presented in 2024 by the same organisation. We are opening this up to the Benalla community as it is a topic which our age group needs to know about and understand. So please bring your friends along, even though they may not be U3A members. We have arranged for this meeting to be held in the Auditorium so that we can accommodate everyone.
We have also booked the Auditorium for Wednesday 19th November for our U3A Concert and Patchwork and Craft display. We will have the Singing for Fun group, the Recorder Group and the Ukulele Group entertaining us as well as the Patch workers and Craft members displaying their talents. Please put this in your diary as it should be a great morning of entertainment for everyone.
Margaret Jenkins
