Nancy Stutman U.S.VETS Phoenix is dedicated to ending veteran homelessness. The community is being asked to help these vets by donating to a Coffee Drive sponsored by Jewish War Veterans (JWV), Copper State Post 619, with enthusiastic support from IronOaks and Stone & Barrel. JWV is hoping that the Sun Lakes and surrounding communities will…
Bill and Jeanne Becker Yee-haw! All you cowboys and cowgirls of Sun Lakes! Come on down to our 4th Annual Country Hoedown presented by the Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation. Get out your 10-gallon hats and spangled, sequined shirts and skirts, and polish up your fancy leather boots, and join us for a stompin’ good…
James Harrald Our 2025 season of picking began on Jan. 25 and will run through Monday, Feb. 24. We pick on Saturdays and Mondays only between 8 a.m. and noon. Each community neighborhood has a team captain, and most begin picking at 8 a.m. If you have fruit to donate, please contact Laura at 206-228-5155.…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club It’s February, and there is a lot going on with the club. Hikes are in full swing. Despite the parched landscape, I’ve seen quite a lot of beautiful hiking pictures on our website. We hope for rain so that the desert landscape can turn green and be the amazing…
Cyndy Hilby and Larry Wolfe Our Sun Lakes Lady Sluggers softball team opened their season on Jan. 6 with a road trip to play the Viewpoint Gems of Mesa. In the opening game, the Sluggers fell behind early and found themselves in a 10-1 hole after the first two innings; however, the Sluggers fought back…
Denise Haynie, Ricki O’Keeffe, and Vince Rossi The 16th Annual Art at the Lakes art show fundraiser will take place on Saturday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a rain date of Saturday, March 8. This amazing show features a wide range of art, including paintings in various mediums, pottery, gourds, jewelry,…
Lorri Morgan The Sixth Annual Elf Pub Crawl returned to Sun Lakes on Dec. 7, again organized by our fearless leader Sharon Howard. We began at the Renaissance Memory Care home, singing Christmas carols, accompanied by our own pianist Jean Nelson, and handing out cookies and chocolates to the residents. Then our decorated golf carts…
Dannette Hunnel Earlier this year, the Cottonwood Tennis Club approved use of its courts for the Sun Lakes Servers team home matches. This is a first for the club and is on a trial basis for the 2024-25 season. The team plays in the Valley of the Sun (VOS) Ladies Tennis League. VOS has four…
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club I once asked a fellow hiker why he decided to join the Hiking Club. He said the answer was simple. His wife looked at him one day and said, “Get off that damn couch and do something.” So, he paged through the Splash and decided hiking would be his…
Mark your calendars! The Family Tree, a hysterically funny musical comedy, will be presented by LAFF (Laughter and Friendship Forever), an interfaith arts and entertainment effort that includes an outstanding cast representing many of the religious congregations within Sun Lakes! You’ll howl and roar with laughter as this zany production navigates the life-altering surprises discovered…