September 2020

Sun Lakes Rangers Team Up to Provide Shoes for Chandler Youth

Michael Berry Dick’s Sporting Goods, the Arizona Rangers-Sun Lakes Company, and the Chandler Police Department teamed up to provide Chandler Neighborhood Resources 182 pairs of shoes for deserving children in our community.  Dick’s Sporting Goods is committed to partnering with the communities they serve, and the Arizona Rangers provide support for the youth and youth organizations…

Do I Spread Love?

Pastor Marvin Arnpriester The following was sent to me by a friend with no other word. I read it and marveled at how it is the right question at the right time for us. I am going to reflect upon it and hopefully allow it to influence my life, my thinking, and my reactions. “If…

COVID Zone

Linda Shanahan We live in COVID zone And sometimes feel alone So we get on the phone Where we can moan and groan Now lonely, know you are So just get in the car No need to go that far Just don’t go to a bar OK to walk your feet But don’t go out…

Sun Lakes Lions Club

Sun Lakes Lions President Floyd Mullen with Lions of the Year Clark and Nancy Meiner

Sun Lakes Lions of the Year, 2019-20 Lion John Peterson Sun Lakes Lions President Floyd Mullen with Lions of the Year Clark and Nancy Meiner Sun Lakes Lions Club Food Drive Lion Ruth Sun Lakes Lions Club will have another food drive on Nov. 19 with Thanksgiving just a week later. We welcome all dinner…

Sun Lakes Softball Is 35!

Ronnie Pennington pitching in a recent physically-distanced pick-up game at the Field of Dreams (Photo courtesy of Pitcher Perfect Photoshop)

Larry Wolfe Thirty-five years ago, in September 1985, Jack Lander of Cottonwood put a notice in the Sun Lakes Splash newspaper requesting that anyone interested in participating in a senior softball program should meet up in a Cottonwood meeting room at a time and date lost in the annals of history. About a dozen guys showed up,…

The Desert Navy Club News

Richard Volpe As the summer is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, September is typically the month in the Valley when things start to happen, as the fall season, with all its benefits, is just around the corner. Unfortunately, with the coronavirus still a major part of our daily lives, most activities locally are…

Shalom Hadassah Update

Joyce Spartonos Shalom Hadassah, as well as almost every organization, has felt the effects of this terrible pandemic and wonders when we’ll see, or even begin to see, the light at the end of the tunnel. All the terrific ideas Shalom Hadassah had for meetings, of course, are on indefinite hold. However, even in these…

Hello from the Fun Lakers Club!

We're looking forward to seeing everyone and making new memories such as this one pictured from December of 2019!

Bob and Vickie Bybee, Publicists We miss our neighbors in these changed times, but we are here to remind you that as soon as it is safe, we will begin having fun-filled events organized with continued safety precautions. We are hoping to be able to have our Christmas Dinner Dance in December which has been…