Ellen Engel An important announcement to Sun Lakes donors to Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) activities: We have been informed by the director of the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler that the food bank can no longer accept empty egg cartons (which many Sun Lakes donors were contributing) because of a change in local…
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Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes continues to produce for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel In the early September collections of food and cash for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, our loyal volunteers collected from only two local organizations because of summer suspensions by some of our other regular contributors. The Sun Lakes Bridge Club (SLBC) contributed 76 pounds of staple foods and $359 in cash,…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes asks for egg cartons
Ellen Engel Yes, egg cartons. Many local poultry farmers contribute fresh-laid eggs to Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, but the food bank has trouble stocking enough egg cartons in which to package the eggs for delivery to the more than 600 needy families it serves. So the call is out! Save your empty egg…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes seeks increased participation from our neighbors
Ellen Engel Collection of food items and cash contributions from our Sun Lakes friends during the July pickups of Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) were incomplete as of this month’s Splash deadline; they will be reported next month along with the August pickup results. However, it is worth noting, as we did in last month’s edition,…
Clubs & Classes, July 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes needs your help
Ellen Engel We start this month’s report with a plug for our beneficiary organization – Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler and a want ad – an appeal on our own behalf, an opportunity for community service as transportation director for Reach Out Sun Lakes. First, the plug: Our Sun Lakes community continues to have…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Reach out Sun Lakes continues work for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Here are the early results for the May food collection. On Monday, May 2, at the collections sponsored by the Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club and Unity of Sun Lakes, generous Sun Lakes residents contributed 179 pounds of food and $425 in cash. On May 9, at the collection sponsored by the Sun…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes continues its work for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Here are the results for first of the March food collection. On Monday, the 7th at the collection sponsored by the Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club, generous Sun Lakes residents contributed 185 pounds of food and $315 in cash. And on the day before at Unity of Sun Lakes, 31 pounds of staple…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes continues its work for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Here are the results for the February food collection. On Monday, February 1 at the collection sponsored by the Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club, generous Sun Lakes residents contributed 137 pounds of food and $305 in cash. On the 8th at the collection sponsored by the Sun Lakes Democratic Club, we garnered 232…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
“Reach Out Sun Lakes” begins its ninth year
Ellen Engel In a fine finish to its eighth year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, Reach Out volunteers collected a total of 5,276 pounds (over 2.5 tons) of staple foods and $4,114 in cash, a very nice response and somewhat better than 2014’s totals. So the goal…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
Reach Out Sun Lakes – winding up eighth year for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel In a fine beginning to the end of its eighth year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank, Reach Out volunteers collected a total of 225 pounds of staple foods and $260 in cash from just two of its four monthly collection — 45 pounds of staple foodstuffs and…