What is Probus

The goal of the Probus organization is to provide Fellowship, Friendship, and Fun for all men and women in their retirement and semi-retirement years.

We are a volunteer-based, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian fellowship organization with over 4,000 clubs worldwide, some 250 being Canadian clubs made up of over 35,000 members. Our clubs are all about encouraging healthy minds and bodies and socializing with other retirees in the community.

  Probus has a vital role

To stimulate thought, interest and participation in activities at a time in life when it is easy to become complacent.

To provide regular gatherings to those who, in retirement, appreciate and value opportunities to meet others in similar circumstances and of a similar level of interest.

The Probus Club

Activities in clubs vary with each club:

• Each club will hold regular meetings as established in its bylaws. Meetings will usually include a guest speaker, a short business meeting with reports and updates, and a coffee break that allows for social time.

• EVENTS (between meetings) Club member visit organizations or places, sports and social activities of every conceivable nature. Arising out of their membership activities there is a self-generating goodwill, a sense of belonging, a diverse background of interests, ensuring for Probus a highly successful future as a firmly established part of the community. Indeed the general public often recognize that although the club itself is not involved in service work or fundraising, the persons in the Probus clubs, are perceived to be collectively but separately involved in a wide range of volunteer pursuits, even greater than most service clubs

• Club Interest Activities - Members within each club organize their own range of ongoing activities, examples being walking, hiking, bridge and euchre, books, theater, lunch & breakfast groups, wine tasting, art appreciation and many more. The members themselves decide on the activities they choose to hold and the activities they choose to participate in.

Probus clubs are to:

• Be non-political and non-sectarian

• Be non-profit making and non-fundraising

• Be initially sponsored by another Probus club or a Rotary club, using a HOW TO manual

• Be not only for retired service club members

• Use a distinctive lapel pin, and name badges to assist in friendship

• Keep membership fees low , covering just the costs for operating a club

Probus clubs are not to:

• Impose a restriction on the number of members from one former vocation

• Require compulsory attendance at meetings

• Place any restrictions on members belonging to other clubs or organizations