U3A Benalla continue to attract new members. Recently I heard the story of someone from Wodonga who came to Tech Talks and enjoyed it so much he has joined U3A Benalla. Our numbers have now reached 452 which is quite amazing.
U3A Benalla is built around the Convenors who run our programs, and the health of our Convenors is always our first consideration. We thank Margaret Zaal for her Colour Mixing and Watercolour Technique- Botanical and Carole Ruta for French at the Table, both new courses this year. Unfortunately, both Convenors are unwell and unable to continue in 2025. Margaret is pictured this week at the final class with her Wednesday morning group.
U3A Benalla is built around the Convenors who run our programs, and the health of our Convenors is always our first consideration. We thank Margaret Zaal for her Colour Mixing and Watercolour Technique- Botanical and Carole Ruta for French at the Table, both new courses this year. Unfortunately, both Convenors are unwell and unable to continue in 2025. Margaret is pictured this week at the final class with her Wednesday morning group.
We are also very sorry to hear that Alejandro Diaz is taking a break from running Spanish for U3A Benalla from July. Alejandro has a young family and is finding that working full time Monday to Friday and running Spanish on a Saturday afternoon is impacting on family life. We wish Alejandro well and hope that he may wish to continue his Spanish class after a break.
U3A Benalla have had the offer from Melissa Antony at Startup Shakeup and Click Region of a free Digital Upskilling Short Course program for up to 30 U3A Benalla members. This program will consist of four sessions. Registration for this short course is at 12.30pm on Friday 30th May followed by the first session at 1.15pm to 2.45pm that day. The other three sessions will be on Friday 13th June, Friday 27th June and Friday 11th July all at 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The topics discussed will include online security, using and storing photographs and artificial intelligence. There are five places left. Please contact Anne Nelson on 0438 447 379 or myself on 0424 454 313 if you wish to attend.
We have had a new desk installed in our U3A office. The desk is 2 meters long and able to have two people working at it, which is important to produce our Newsletter and for other times as well. We had the desk constructed by the Benalla Woodworkers group and thank Les MacLean and his group for an excellent job using recycled timber.
During the month Patsy Bollard and Lorraine Knox passed away. Both had been members of U3A Benalla for many years, participated in several U3A Benalla groups and were great friends with many of our members. A Vale to Patsy and Lorraine is at the end of this Newsletter.
Semester 2 is fast approaching and at this stage we are not introducing any new courses. However, we have had suggestions of Walking Football ‘and/or’ Pickleball which would probably be played at the Indoor Rec Centre. We are interested to know how many of our members would consider joining Walking Football or Pickleball. Please contact Anne Nelson on 0438 447 379 if you would like to know more about Walking Football or Pickleball.
Margaret Jenkins
U3A Benalla have had the offer from Melissa Antony at Startup Shakeup and Click Region of a free Digital Upskilling Short Course program for up to 30 U3A Benalla members. This program will consist of four sessions. Registration for this short course is at 12.30pm on Friday 30th May followed by the first session at 1.15pm to 2.45pm that day. The other three sessions will be on Friday 13th June, Friday 27th June and Friday 11th July all at 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The topics discussed will include online security, using and storing photographs and artificial intelligence. There are five places left. Please contact Anne Nelson on 0438 447 379 or myself on 0424 454 313 if you wish to attend.
We have had a new desk installed in our U3A office. The desk is 2 meters long and able to have two people working at it, which is important to produce our Newsletter and for other times as well. We had the desk constructed by the Benalla Woodworkers group and thank Les MacLean and his group for an excellent job using recycled timber.
During the month Patsy Bollard and Lorraine Knox passed away. Both had been members of U3A Benalla for many years, participated in several U3A Benalla groups and were great friends with many of our members. A Vale to Patsy and Lorraine is at the end of this Newsletter.
Semester 2 is fast approaching and at this stage we are not introducing any new courses. However, we have had suggestions of Walking Football ‘and/or’ Pickleball which would probably be played at the Indoor Rec Centre. We are interested to know how many of our members would consider joining Walking Football or Pickleball. Please contact Anne Nelson on 0438 447 379 if you would like to know more about Walking Football or Pickleball.
Margaret Jenkins
