Category: Clubs & Classes

Cheers Social Group Activities

Cheers Mystery Trip—Solving the Mystery. A group from the Cheers Singles Club took a Free Spirit Vacation’s Mystery Tour and had an interesting, fun-filled day. They first visited the Mescal Movie Set in Benson. It is one of the most-used western movie sets that only recently has been opened to the public. In its over 50…

Cheers Singles Club Events

Cheers is a social club with membership of 160 and growing. We are open to singles in Sun Lakes, Springfield, SunBird, and Solera communities. Whether you are a year-round resident or visit us during the winter months, you are invited to become a part of the Cheers family. We offer many activities and programs, including…

¿Habla Español?

Would you like to use and keep up your Spanish? Our group is informal, and our purpose is to have fun talking and listening to each other, while improving our language skills. We discuss topics suggested by members, and when needed, we help each other with grammar and vocabulary. We encourage intermediate Spanish speakers to…

Giving Is Always Better than Receiving

On May 16 members of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Southeast Valley Branch partnered with Go With The Flow, an organization promoting period poverty awareness, to pack period hygiene kits for two local Title 1 Chandler middle schools. The AAUW mission is “advancing gender equity through research, education, and advocacy.” Promoting period poverty…

Desert Artists Club

Sue Sindelar Members of the Desert Artists Club meet every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m., in Cottonwood’s Ceramic Room (A-8) to paint or create art in mediums that include watercolor, acrylic, oil, colored pencil, mixed media, collage, pen and ink, or pastel. Any artist within the three HOAs of Sun Lakes may participate. We…

Card Making Class

Join us on the second Saturday of every month to make two greeting cards with an Independent Stampin’ Up Demonstrator. The class fee is $8 and includes everything you need, except adhesive. Bring yours or purchase during class. Doors open at 9:20 a.m. The cards will be completed during the class session at 9:30 a.m.…

‘Sex Please, We’re Sixty’ Auditions Slated

Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) is holding auditions for the fall production of Sex Please, We’re Sixty on Aug. 23 at 5 p.m. at Cottonwood Country Club ballroom. For those unable to attend Tuesday’s auditions, another audition will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 1 p.m. Both auditions will take place in the Phoenix Room at…

Fun Lakers Club News

Bob and Vickie Bybee We did not have any events in June, but we will be back in July with our Horse Stick Race on July 21 in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood. Members and non-members, come join us and have fun at this event. You will be able to place a wager for…

Other Card Results

Tuesday Night Cribbage Results Jeff Scott Join us for cribbage every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in the Cottonwood clubhouse, A-7 Painting Room. Games are organized by Stan Wengrzyn. May results: 5/03. 1st Patty Donahue 12+32, 2nd Donna Smid 11+52, 3rd Nancy O’Donnell 10+3, Low Joe Terian 3-41, 24 Hand Royce Bohning (twice), 24 Hand Patty…

Sawyer Merrill Named 2022 CUSD Educator of the Year

Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes recently announced that Sawyer Merrill, special education teacher at Chandler Unified School District’s Auxier Elementary School located in Queen Creek, received the club’s 2022 Sandy Lundberg Educator of the Year Award. The club award was established in 2017 as a prestigious annual…