General News

President Needed

Dear Members,

I am sure you know that both Bob and myself are stepping down at the AGM in March. We have worked tirelessly for a number of years through the good times and hard times like Covid to keep our association going. The support we have received has been tremendous, and our association is one of the best and friendliest groups on the Costa Blanca. We are delight that our U3A is going from strength to strength …....but it MUST have a President, Treasurer and Secretary to be legal. So basically no President... no association. I am not trying to scare you, but this is a fact.

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Busy Week Of Fun

Mary's Birthday

A warm autumn morning on Sunday 22nd October saw the Vall del Pop U3A hosted a car boot sale on the Rastro site in Jalon. As we entered we were encouraged to start with sausage in a roll and coffee – but no shopping and browsing was to be the first order of the day. As we wandered around the stalls, including clothes/china & glassware/books & games/tools & electrical items, my wife was attracted to several stalls with clothes, I found another stall selling cakes!

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Hot Dogs Ensure A Full House

Jana Petken with her books

The Goodwill Team knew how to encourage a full house at the October General Assembly – feed the members with hot dogs. This incentive and a good speaker, Jana Petken, certainly did the trick and after the Association meeting we were enthralled by her talk.

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U3A Vall del Pop work together with local bank to help the community

La Caixa presentation to the U3A Vall del Pop

At a recent presentation by the La Caixa Bank, Xalo, the U3A Vall del Pop Association was presented with funds of 1000€ to help with projects within the community. The presentation was attended by a number of the committee of the U3A plus the Branch Manager Rosalia Ivars Arlandis, and also Carlos, the La Caixa Bank Area Manager.

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Full House Launch Autumn Programme

U3A Vall del Pop GA September 2023

Thursday 7th September saw a full house, 108 members, attend the General Assembly which was the start of the Vall del Pop U3A autumn programme. After the obligatory funny story from Bob Welham, our President, this month it was (for once) quite amusing, we got down to the Association news.

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