Category: Clubs & Classes

Sew-N-Sews Has Summer Plans

Phyllis Prysock and Eileen Turner On May 8 Sew-N-Sews held our last meeting until September. There was a great turnout. Although some of our members had already left for the summer, we still had a full room. We were pleased to welcome many visitors and three new members. Show and Tell was a huge hit,…

Retired Airline Pilot Briefs Aero Club Gathering

Gary Vacin “Sipping coffee at FL 350 and getting paid for it.” That’s how a recently retired airline captain described his 30-year career as a professional pilot during a presentation to the Sun Lakes Aero Club gathering on April 22. The speaker was John Philp who logged more than 23,000 hours of flying time, including…

Rotary Club of Sun Lakes – June 2024

Rotary Club Honors Teachers of the Month Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) congratulated and presented awards to the club’s Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) Teachers of the Month. According to RCSL Education Chair Gary Kay, the award selection is based on the teacher’s total years of…

Desert Threads Enjoyed Another Fun Year

Sue Bart The May 10 meeting was the annual meeting and the last one for our current year, July 2023 through June 2024. Desert Threads quilters had a fun year, thanks to the hard work of the board of officers. The meeting featured some excellent trunk shows of applique quilts and information by Nancy Starkey…

Cheers Singles Group

Cheers is a social club open to members from Sun Lakes, Springfield, SunBird, and Solera communities. Our current 213 members invite you to become a part of the Cheers family, whether you are a year-round or a seasonal resident. The club offers many activities and programs, including social time, wine tasting, dining out, book club,…

Daughters of the American Revolution

Each year the Gila Butte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Sun Lakes honors cadets at the Basha High School ROTC annual ceremony. The state ROTC chairperson assigns schools to specific DAR chapters for the ROTC awards, and the ROTC commander at each school selects a senior for the award, with winners…

Veterans Coffee Hour

Veterans Coffee Hour is held every second Thursday of the month from 9 to 10 a.m. at Valley of the Sun Memorial Cemetery located at 10940 E. Chandler Heights Road, in Chandler. Join us for coffee and donuts, share stories with fellow veterans, and learn about veteran services. Come join us for the camaraderie! Meeting…

Fit and Fun Club

Karyl Garbow Fit and Fun is a positive health and wellness group embracing a healthy lifestyle! Receive information about health and lifestyle issues as we take charge of our own health, lives, and self-care together! We cover a new topic every Wednesday in the Cottonwood Country Club Phoenix Room (inside the Computer Learning Center). Meetings…