MARCH 18, 2025 RECAP

PORT PERRY PROBUS MEMBERSHIP MEETING

 

Three Winners of the Share/Share for $47.00 each were: Alison Aked, Stan Taylor and Norma Cornish.

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At the business part of the meeting Tim Casey spoke about the need for volunteers for House in the kitchen to prepare tea and coffee for the refreshment break. The positions have been stream-lined and do not require a lot of time or effort. The positions could be filled by co-chairs. Names need to be put forward for nominations in May for the AGM in June. Please consider volunteering.

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We had two guest speakers for this meeting.

For our first presentation we heard from Kara Wright who is the Executive Director of the North Durham Family Health Team. She spoke about the important advances and expansion of primary health care services in North Durham. Kara brought paper surveys and pamphlets with a request that people fill out the survey which asks about what concerns people have about their health care needs at Port Perry Medical Centre. She also explained that the survey could be filled in on line.

 

After the refreshment break, our guest presenter was Neil Crone, an Emmy-nominated actor who shared with us his sometimes angst about his life as a Canadian performer on television. He spoke about how “I’m not a real person but I play one on television”. He had many funny anecdotes about his start with Second City and he told stories about the times when he was auditioning for various roles for commercials and programs, often stressful situations for actors.

Neil is optimistic in the face of uncertainty and he sends a message of “follow your dreams”. He had us laughing with him.