Annual No More Chilly Nights event

No More Chilly Nights will be held Saturday, February 25, at PRS Management in the Chandler Airpark. The annual fundraiser for the Clothes Cabin, a Chandler non-profit providing free clothing, shoes, linens, homeless laundry services, socks and underwear to local Title I schools, and a free work boot program, is a sell-out event. It starts…

Bead embellishment on clothing and art quilts

Rose Mary, designer of clothing patterns under her Sewfast Design label, teaches beading classes as embellishment or jewelry making at Monica’s Quilt and Bead Creations in Palm Desert and Road to California in Ontario, CA.

Mary Jameson Rose Mary has always loved working with beads and all things sparkly. Her first beading project was actually her wedding bouquet, a huge assortment of ivory roses and baby’s breath all made in the French Beaded Flower technique. Since then, she has been designing fashion in various mediums for over 30 years, first…

Chandler Rotary Club boosts hope of Valley Veterans

Stan Kaufman San Tan Crown Rotary Club (Chandler, AZ) member Stan Kaufman has announced plans to conduct the second annual “Hooked on Healing Veterans” charity motorcycle ride to benefit the Phoenix chapter of Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, www.phx-phwff.org, the Arizona Stand Down Alliance, www.arizonastanddown.org, and Fans Across America www.fansacrossamerica.org., Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing,…

DAR honors vets in Wreaths across America

Honorary Regent Barbara Hugus (left) and Regent Lesley Baran

Toni Bolling Lutter December 2016 saw Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) participating with DAR chapters around the state, the nation and the world in honoring deceased veterans in the annual wreath-laying known as “Wreaths Across America.” DAR chapter members in the Phoenix area joined with other interested organizations at National Memorial Cemetery…