U3A Benalla have lots of interesting events available between now and the end of 2024. On Friday 1st November at 2pm we will have a presentation by Latrobe Community Health Service titled “How to Live at Home for Longer”. Topics to be covered include My Aged Care, Commonwealth Home Support Program, Home Care Packages: How to Access, Services and Equipment and other subsidised Government programs. The event is free. However, we would like you to contact Helen Jeffree on 0490 092 267 if you would like to come as an Information Package will be available for those than come.
On Wednesday 16 October at Meet and Mingle we will have Kay Blore speaking on Recycling. This will be followed by morning tea. After that we will have an Overview of the Be Connected Program which we have been involved with since 2016. Following the talk about Be Connected there will be a free BBQ lunch underneath the veranda. The Lions Club are cooking for the BBQ and the Ukulele group will be providing music during lunch. We need to know numbers for catering so could you please contact Helen Jeffree on 0490 092 267 if you are coming.
We would like you to bring anyone who would benefit from our Digital Instruction Programs as we will have Ruth Jelliff, Robyn Lukey and Jenny Sawyer attending.
October is Taster Month when members of U3A Benalla can try another course before enrolling for it in 2025. Please contact the Convenor of the group you wish to try before turning up to it. We are also happy for you to bring along a friend who is not a U3A member for them to try what you enjoy.
A reminder about our end of year concert on Wednesday 20 Nobember 2024 at 10am in the Auditorium of the Benalla Seniors Community Centre. We will have the Singing for Fun group, the Recorder Group, and the Ukulele group as well as a display by the Patchwork and Craft Group. You are welcome to bring your friends to this morning of entertainment.
Our end of year lunch is at the Seven Creeks Hotel in Euroa on Friday 29 November at 12 noon. There will be a choice of 3 mains and 2 desserts for lunch. A bus will leave from the Rose Gardens in Benalla at 11.20am. Cost is $45 pp for lunch or $60 if travelling by bus. Please see the form included in this month’s Newsletter to let us know that you want to come.
The Committee have had some information about a new digital program called Member Wizard which is being initiated and supported by U3A Network in Melbourne. The program is in its trial evaluation stage and further information should be available in 2025.
On 13th August I spoke about U3A Benalla at Lakeside Probus. There were approximately 40 people there, about a quarter of them already U3A members. The talk was illustrated by about 30 power point slides and provided a colourful story of U3A Benalla. My thanks to Bev Lee for providing the Power Point slides.
U3A Benalla in 2024 consists of 419 members attending 46 different programs. Have you ever wondered how the programming for the U3A timetable is prepared and maintained throughout the year? Some programs are conducted weekly, others fortnightly or monthly. Attendance rolls for each program are prepared. Convenors are provided with contact information for their groups.
All this information is provided by a program originally written by a member Terry Dillon and then further developed by Len Jeffers. The program is written using Microsoft Access which is part of the Microsoft Office group of programs.
We are looking for U3A members who may be interested in getting to know the program’s database and perhaps becoming more involved with its operation. If you are interested, please contact Len Jeffers or myself.
Margaret Jenkins
On Wednesday 16 October at Meet and Mingle we will have Kay Blore speaking on Recycling. This will be followed by morning tea. After that we will have an Overview of the Be Connected Program which we have been involved with since 2016. Following the talk about Be Connected there will be a free BBQ lunch underneath the veranda. The Lions Club are cooking for the BBQ and the Ukulele group will be providing music during lunch. We need to know numbers for catering so could you please contact Helen Jeffree on 0490 092 267 if you are coming.
We would like you to bring anyone who would benefit from our Digital Instruction Programs as we will have Ruth Jelliff, Robyn Lukey and Jenny Sawyer attending.
October is Taster Month when members of U3A Benalla can try another course before enrolling for it in 2025. Please contact the Convenor of the group you wish to try before turning up to it. We are also happy for you to bring along a friend who is not a U3A member for them to try what you enjoy.
A reminder about our end of year concert on Wednesday 20 Nobember 2024 at 10am in the Auditorium of the Benalla Seniors Community Centre. We will have the Singing for Fun group, the Recorder Group, and the Ukulele group as well as a display by the Patchwork and Craft Group. You are welcome to bring your friends to this morning of entertainment.
Our end of year lunch is at the Seven Creeks Hotel in Euroa on Friday 29 November at 12 noon. There will be a choice of 3 mains and 2 desserts for lunch. A bus will leave from the Rose Gardens in Benalla at 11.20am. Cost is $45 pp for lunch or $60 if travelling by bus. Please see the form included in this month’s Newsletter to let us know that you want to come.
The Committee have had some information about a new digital program called Member Wizard which is being initiated and supported by U3A Network in Melbourne. The program is in its trial evaluation stage and further information should be available in 2025.
On 13th August I spoke about U3A Benalla at Lakeside Probus. There were approximately 40 people there, about a quarter of them already U3A members. The talk was illustrated by about 30 power point slides and provided a colourful story of U3A Benalla. My thanks to Bev Lee for providing the Power Point slides.
U3A Benalla in 2024 consists of 419 members attending 46 different programs. Have you ever wondered how the programming for the U3A timetable is prepared and maintained throughout the year? Some programs are conducted weekly, others fortnightly or monthly. Attendance rolls for each program are prepared. Convenors are provided with contact information for their groups.
All this information is provided by a program originally written by a member Terry Dillon and then further developed by Len Jeffers. The program is written using Microsoft Access which is part of the Microsoft Office group of programs.
We are looking for U3A members who may be interested in getting to know the program’s database and perhaps becoming more involved with its operation. If you are interested, please contact Len Jeffers or myself.
Margaret Jenkins
