The 14th Annual Food Drive & Luminaria Walk at Diamond Lake (Unit 36C) was a success! Our guests contributed 3,284 pounds of food and donated $1,454.00, which will provide approximately 3,500 meals! All proceeds were donated to AZCEND, aka “The Chandler Food Bank.” We also want to recognize Brian Quillen and his staff who helped…
Ellen Engel Reach Out Sun Lakes has completed its 11th year of service to Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler with collections of 4,026.5 pounds of staple foods (that is over two tons!), plus $4,861 in cash contributions to help purchase foods that cannot be donated (such as fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh…
Michele Fujimoto Michele Fujimoto is a winter resident of Ironwood. In December of 2015, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, just four months after having a “normal” mammogram. Hope and Fear: A Journey Through Cancerland is a personal account of her struggle to understand and survive cancer. Based on actual journal entries, it captures her journey,…
Come join the Arizona Wind Symphony along with featured Irish dancers and a bagpiper on Wednesday, January 16, at 7:00 p.m. at the Tempe Center for the Arts for an evening of invigorating as well as soulful music and dance. The program titled “Celtic Spirit – Dancing in the Isles” will include Leroy Anderson’s “Irish…
David Zapatka While watching an action movie recently, I heard a character say, “We’ll blow them to smithereens!” I immediately thought I hadn’t heard that word in a long time. Seems like it was popular when I was a kid but who still uses that word? My next thought was, “Where is ‘Smithereens’ anyway…
This year’s Christmas Golf Cart Parade and Show will be Friday, December 7, at Palo Verde starting at 5:00 p.m. Enjoy FREE hot turkey soup, crackers and drinks along with Christmas songs, Santa Claus and gang and, of course, the decorated golf carts (which will be judged for prize money). At about 6:15 p.m., the…