Sun Lakes United Church of Christ will be collecting cases of water (or a monetary donation for same) on July 19 to benefit Justa Center. Justa Center is a facility located in downtown Phoenix that helps older homeless adults, many of whom are veterans, find resources such as medical care, employment and a safe place…
Larry Wolfe Even though Tim “TJ” Tjernlund graduated from Corvallis High School in Oregon, he considers Kalispell, Montana and Glacier National Park as his true home. It was there that he spent every summer from ages 10 through 20 while his father, a school teacher, worked at the park. He considers that experience life defining,…
Get out of the heat, have fun and support veterans’ needs! Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8053 Bingo remains the center for community support to our veterans and their families. Playing in VFW’s weekly game raises funds for the Post’s veteran support programs. The game also enables the sharing of unique local projects and…
Diane Price The Arizona Chapter of the ALS Association was pleased to send 17 representatives to Washington, D.C. May 10-12, to attend a National Conference and share their personal life stories with Arizona legislators. A record number of people, 1,100 participants, including 131 people living with the disease, joined forces for this year’s Public Policy…
Brian Curry The volunteer Community Assistance Program of the Sun Lakes Fire Department continues their service through the hot summer months. Though the most visual part of that service is when the community sees them responding in their CR231 (Crisis Response unit) to ambulance and fire calls with the Fire Department, they are also working…
Jay R. Strisik, MSW, ACSW I just returned from the Honor Flight Arizona. For those who do not know, this is a privately financed program run by all volunteers that flies WWII veterans for a three-day trip to Washington, D.C. to view the national monuments there. During this trip I was inspired by our awesome…