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Sun Lakes Posse Needs Your Help

We are in danger of losing the recycling service the Sun Lakes Posse provides for area residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is a tremendous service for area residents, and it keeps a great deal of material out of the landfill. The company that provides this service for us recycles only…

SLCT Children’s Theatre is a great recipient

Sandy Bocynesky Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation recently granted the Sun Lakes Community Theatre, Children’s Theatre, a grant of $2,000. This money will be vital in order to support our ongoing productions of children’s shows which are performed for kindergarten and first grade students in the Chandler Unified School District. Children’s productions first started with the…

Partnering to benefit our community

Elaine Kraemer, CWPV Foundation President The Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation is proud to announce that it has joined forces with the IronOaks Tennis Club to raise money to benefit Neighbors Who Care, Inc.! Please join us on Friday evening, March 9, 2018, at the Oakwood Country Club for a Community-wide charity dinner dance with music…

Sun Lakes Chorale offers dynamic season closer

Jan Ott It’s Spring Concert time again, so save Thursday evening, March 15, for an evening of memorable music and performances. The concert will be held at the Sun Lakes United Methodist Church located at 9248 E. Riggs Road in Sun Lakes (next to the library). Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the concert begins at…

Art at the Lakes March 3rd

  Diane Hitt Come one, come all to the largest art show fundraiser in Sun Lakes – Art at the Lakes. You’ve read about it for months. Now is your chance to enjoy the Sun Lakes art scene around a beautiful lake. The show is March 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with a…

Feed A Fire Fighter Program

Angie Timm Have you heard about the First Friday Feed a Fire Fighter Program here in Sun Lakes? The program was started in 2015 by Linda Shanahan as a way for the Sun Lakes residents to thank the crews at the two local Fire Stations #231 and #232. Volunteers prepare a meal on the first…

Forget Me Not Dinner

Pastor Jerry McGhee I’m old enough to remember World War II. I remember the air raid drills, the ration coupons to purchase sugar, car tires and other items in short supply. I even remember the president’s “Fireside Chats” – although I do not remember the details of the messages to the nation. I remember a…

AFMA new ambulance membership program

  Brian Curry In September of 2017, the board of directors for the Sun Lakes fire district and the North County Fire & Medical District voted to end their current ambulance patient subsidy practices and implement an ambulance membership program. The reason for this change boils down to simple math. The district’s emergency medical ambulance…

Chordaires Chorus presents free concert

Karen Sporates The Chordaires Chorus of Sun Lakes would like to invite you to attend their holiday performances around the Sun Lakes Area. On December 10 at the Sun Lakes Country Club, the Chordaires will perform their second annual Christmas concert, “Ring in the Holiday,” at 4:00 p.m. in the Arizona Room. It is free…

SLUMC offers free ride to Christmas events

Sun Lakes United Methodist Church has exciting events during the month of December and doesn’t want anyone to miss out for lack of transportation. If you take a cab to one of the Christmas events, bring your cab company receipt to the church office, 9248 E. Riggs Road, and you’ll be reimbursed on the spot.…