Beverly Medlyn Sharon Pocian loves meeting new people and has a special place in her heart for elderly people. “I was close to my grandmother,” she said. “I want everyone’s grandmother to be treated with the same care and love as mine.” Pocian has volunteered two years for Hospice of the Valley in East Valley…
Jennifer Jenkins loves the Perfect Place. She loves the games, especially Yahtzee, and she thinks the staff is wonderful. She has a great laugh, and we all laugh with her. Jennifer is a very special girl; blind since birth, she leads the daily devotional reading from a Braille Bible. Educated in a preschool program at…
Brian Curry The longest partnership in local philanthropy that dates back to the very first days of the community of Sun Lakes itself just took a milestone step recently. The SLWA’s President Judy Caniglia and Vice President Marjorie Shipe recently came to the Sun Lakes fire district’s station to present SLFD Chief Troy Maloney and…
David Zapatka The Fountain Hills Chamber Players, a chamber music ensemble consisting normally of 10 or fewer musicians, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Having begun as a community ensemble performing for friends in living rooms, they transitioned to a volunteer group of musicians performing a series of concerts for public consumption. They are…
The Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s summer play will be The Hallelujah Girls, by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten and directed by Linda Caton. Eight of the funniest characters you’ve ever seen will take the stage in the San Tan Ballroom starting Sunday, July 23 (2:00 p.m. matinee). The show will be dark on…
Part-time voluntary position matching up teacher needs with prospective Sun Lakes volunteers – the Gila Crossing Community School (pre-school – Grade 8) is located within the Gila River Indian Community. Duties include taking prospective volunteers out to school for a tour, providing a volunteer packet and walking volunteers through the AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card process.…