Category: Clubs & Classes

Desert Threads Casual Summer

Joan Y. Carver Desert Threads Quilt Guild is enjoying casual and fun meetings through the hot summer. In June nearly 20 members who call Sun Lakes their “summer” home met without a planned program, finding this extra time perfect for sharing inspiring projects, new techniques, and fun Show & Tell. Besides the informal format providing…

Writers’ Group – August 2024

Retired, Recycled Ernest D’Godor It shouldn’t have come as any surprise that upon retiring I would have to reinvent myself. But like going back to diapers, an inevitable fate of age, I found myself confounded at the end of every month trying to figure out where my retirement money was slipping away to. It certainly…

Sew-N-Sews Stays Cool

Eileen Turner Christmas ornaments, knitting without needles, finishing a project, and making clothing that fits, Sun Lakes Sew-N-Sews is making this hot, desert summer a cool time. Several groups and workshops continue through this summer with projects in the Sewing Room at the Ocotillo clubhouse. Connie Hogan led a workshop to make Christmas ornaments. This…

Get Ready for Fall

Brooks Scofield The Sun Lakes Card Makers will hold their next meeting on Aug. 21 at 1 p.m. in the Arts & Crafts Room of Sun Lakes Phase 1. Our meetings are held year round on the third Wednesday of each month, and we often have lunch together on meeting days at 11:30 a.m. All…

Board Games, Card Games, Word Games

Do you enjoy playing a variety of games? We have separate tables for playing board games, card games, dice games, party games, or word games. We can teach you how to play, or you can teach us your games! We play games in Oakwood, Sun Lakes, but can schedule an event at your Sun Lakes…

Chess Anyone?

Looking for a friendly chess game? Or maybe just looking for help learning how to play? Serious players are welcome, too. We play chess on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8). There is no formal commitment. Come when you can and leave when you want. Feel free to…