Michele Renahan It is never too late to donate! Be someone’s early Valentine, and plan to make a blood donation at the IronOaks Blood Drive Feb. 7. Appointments are available as early as 7 a.m. Your single donation can help up to three patients in hospitals, surgical centers, and emergency rooms throughout the U.S. It’s…
Bob and Pam Swanson Weather permitting, the residents of Diamond Lake (Oakwood, Unit 36C) invite you to the 15th annual (2019) Food Drive and Luminaria Walk. We will light 1,000 luminarias and decorate our homes with lights on both Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. Donations of food and…
Norm Noble On Saturday, Nov. 16, at Sun Lakes Country Club between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., the Arizona Patriot Guard Riders and Sun Lakes Rotary and Lions Clubs are hosting an appreciation festival to celebrate Veterans Week. Come out and have a bit of lunch and a drink while checking out the raffles, silent auctions,…
Roman Martin Tempus Fugit – Time Flies. Oh, how quickly we are approaching that Saturday when we will place our Remembrance Wreaths on the graves of those heroes who have served our country in the uniformed services. There are over 2,700 veterans’ gravesites at Valley of the Sun Cemetery on Chandler Heights Road in Chandler,…
Cathy Kalin The Hope’s Treasures Holiday Boutique returns this year with quality handcrafted goods Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 13-16, at Hope Covenant Church, 1770 S. Dobson Road (north of Germann), Chandler. Hours are Wednesday, Opening Night, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The…
Bobbie Reed Just three and half years after its startup, The Crystal Card Project has raised over $30,000 for charity. This is nearly double the goal of $5,000 per year set in March of 2016 when the project was first conceived. The monies raised are donated to My Sister’s Place, a Chandler shelter providing support…
Ellen Engel Jan Terhune, Executive Director of Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank, says she is in awe of our friends who continue to step up their commitment to fight hunger. Hunger is real. One out of every four children does not know where their next meal is coming from. It doesn’t take a vacation or a…
Ellen Engel Hunger is not getting enough food to provide the nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water) for a fully productive and active life. Hunger is having uneasy or painful sensations caused by lack of food. Hunger is the recurrent and involuntary lack of access to food. Matthew’s Crossing was formed and…
Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club President Brian Curry, First Vice President Rich Iovino, Second Vice President Bob Glantz and Treasurer Kay Glantz toured the studios and offices of Sun Sounds of Arizona and gave them a donation for their tremendous service for the blind and the visually impaired. “No less than Helen Keller charged the…
At the March meeting, we paired over 300 stuffed animals with books. We bag them together and donate to Title 1 elementary schools in Chandler. They are used by the teachers as reading incentives, and the kids love getting a book they get to keep (and animal). For some children, this might be the only…