The Foundation Grants Neighbors Who Care $5,000

Members of the board of The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation (The Foundation) were pleased to present a grant in the amount of $5,000 to Neighbors Who Care (NWC). These funds will be used to complete the purchase of a new passenger van which will be used by NWC to provide assistance in the areas…

PVLGA Cancer Tournament, November 16

The Palo Verde Ladies Golf Association will again be hosting a tournament to support the University of Arizona Cancer Research Center on Nov. 16, 2021, at noon. All of the contributions stay in Arizona and go to research. In the past, with the help of PVMGA and CWLGA, we have raised over $100,000 for this…

Men’s Thursday League at Cottonwood Notice

Penny Petersen The players in the Thursday Men’s Summer League at Cottonwood are a hardy bunch. While many of us escape to higher elevations, there they are at 8:30 to 10 a.m. on the Cottonwood courts, happily sweating as they compete in the sun. Leading this collection of “toughies” is Spencer Roberts who also plays…

From the Board President

Joe D’Amore, IronOaks Board President I will once again begin my message with a brief mention of the virus. I am sure you all join me in celebrating the good news—more Americans have begun getting vaccinated. Too bad it took something as serious as the Delta variant to get us going again. And for more…

Softball League Play Starts Soon!

Larry Wolfe As autumn weather returns, so will Sun Lakes Softball League play. Our Sun and Lakes Divisions will both open their fall seasons on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Sign-ups will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and continue through Thursday, Oct. 14, at Snedigar Field on Alma School Road in Chandler. It is imperative that you…

Desert Threads New ‘Opportunity Quilt’

Sue Bart Desert Threads, a Chapter of Arizona Quilters Guild, met in person on Sept. 8, at 9:30 a.m. in the Ceramics Room at Cottonwood Country Club. Vicki Watson presented information about the “One Block Wonder” style of quilts. A grand time was spent catching up after summer, and doing virtual meetings. A new fundraiser quilt was…