Volunteers and 1st place winners at CUSD Carlson Elementary AWIM Jet Car competitions proudly show off their medals
Rotarians—People of Action
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes Rotarians are “people of action.” The club recently participated in East Valley community service and education projects:
Mentoring and leading AWIM (A World in Motion) Jet Toy competition races at fifth grade classes of CUSD’s Fulton and Carlson Elementary Schools and Gila Indian Reservation Schools. This RCSL project partners with Society of Engineers (SAE) and ASU Engineering School students. Per Project Chair Gary Kay, the club received several hundred personalized thank you notes sent by the students participating in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning experience.
Per RCSL Dictionary Project Lead Roger Edmonds, more than 90,000 third grade students have received RCSL dictionaries for the past 22 years. This year, RCSL members presented dictionaries to students at CUSD and Gila River Reservation elementary schools. Students sent personalized thank you notes to the club.
RCSL members via the club’s Peace Builders Project monthly collect and deliver personal hygiene and snack items to the Hamilton High School Food Pantry for students and families in need. And they collected 2,300 pounds of food and 40 gift certificates for CUSD’s Chandler Galveston Elementary School. Forty families will benefit this year.
For more info about RCSL, see www.sunlakesrotary.com.
More Recognitions
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) recognized several members for their gifts to support the club’s educational programs and community and global outreach projects. Ann Diamond received her initial Rotary International Foundation’s Paul Harris recognition and pin. Dr. Diane Bruening and Dr. Ed Lamers were acknowledged for their legacy gifts to RCSL’s Foundation 2000 Endowment Fund. All awardees are Sun Lakes residents.
Rotarians Alan Kurth, Kandi Skrabala, and Stan Klein with their Rotary International Paul Harris recognition pins
Rotary Club Recognizes Members for Their Philanthropic Gifts
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) Rotary International Chair Dick Thomas has recognized RCSL members Alan Kurth (Paul Harris +3), Kandi Skrabala (Paul Harris +2), and Stan Klein (Paul Harris 1) for their philanthropic gifts to Rotary International Foundation. The Rotary International Foundation transforms Rotarian’s gifts into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty through local, domestic, and international service projects. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute or have contributions in their names directed to the Rotary Foundation.
If you have any questions or are interested in joining RCSL, see www.sunlakesrotary.com.
Rotary Meetings Include Noted Speakers
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director
Starting in January, Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) changed the times of its meetings. The group now meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. (4 p.m. social time, 4:30 p.m. light dinner, and 5 to 6 p.m. program), except for the third Tuesday of the month when the club meets at 6:30 a.m. for breakfast, with the program from 7 to 8 a.m., followed by the club’s board meeting. There is no meeting on the fifth Tuesday of the month. Meetings are held at Cottonwood’s Saguaro Room, 25630 S. Brentwood Drive in Sun Lakes.
The key to an RCSL meeting is its program. The members line up interesting and informative speakers at each meeting. At its last meeting in December, the group was honored to have City of Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke provide a “What’s happening in Chandler” update. A quote from the meeting: “It’s the American dream to be hired in Chandler—a top destination for families and young professionals.”
For more info about RCSL, see www.sunlakesrotary.com.
RCSL Veterans Services Committee (left to right): Stan Kaufman (chair), Peter Meade, Bob Phillips, Ed Anderson, Dr. Honora Norton, Jim O’Connell; not pictured: Kiamesha Guy, Ann Diamond, Philip Alexander, Scott Faver
Rotarians Support Valley Veterans
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) Veterans Services Committee met to discuss RCSL’s 2025-26 veteran services community service projects. RCSL plans to financially support, visit, and serve dinner at MANA House, a veterans housing project, on Feb. 12, led by Dr. Honora Norton; financial support and attendance at Arizona Veterans Fly Fishing overnight fishing outings and the group’s holiday picnic, led by Ed Anderson; member support of Yuletide4Heroes collection of holiday toys and gift certificates, led by Gary Kay; Cards for Veterans project with more than 650 thank you cards distributed, led by Ann Diamond; financial support and attendance at the Feb. 7 Bridge for Community Services Motorcycle Ride fundraiser (riding are Peter Meade, Stan Kaufman, and Kristine Schultz); financial support of Military Families Awareness project at Luke Air Force Base, led by Kiamesha Guy; support of Month of Money Fundraiser for P.A.W.S.S. (Pups and Warriors Side by Side), led by Stan Kaufman; and the committee’s silent auction basket for RCSL’s March 8 golf tournament, led by Dr. Honora Norton.
For more information about RCSL, see www.sunlakesrotary.com.