Bryan Newman Rev. Ron Burcham, Sr. Pastor of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, expressed the heart-felt thanks of Risen Savior’s congregation and staff to the countless Sun Lakes residents who joined us in contributing to the tremendous success of Risen Savior’s 2018 Spring Food Drive. “We first ventured into this food drive in 2014 to…
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Clubs & Classes, May 2018
Breakfast Lions donate to Cardon Children’s Center
Brian Curry The Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club in connection with the Sun Lakes Quilting Ladies and the Arizona Blankets 4 Kids recently donated to the Banner Cardon Children’s Medical Center. The SLBLC which donates funds for the material used for the blankets for the children also added 100 coloring books, 100 crayon boxes…
Generals, March 2018
Sun Lakes Women’s Association needs your household items
Ellie Clark The Sun Lakes Women’s Association needs your household donations. Our organization serves all of the Sun Lakes communities, having made contributions to The Sun Lakes Fire Department, Cottonwood Palo Verde HOA, IronOaks HOA, Sun Lakes Country Club and Neighbors Who Care, to name a few. We can use small appliances, CDs, DVDs,…
Generals, March 2018
Sun Lakes UCC Lent Project gets underway
Chuck Reinhart The children of longtime Sun Lakes resident Shirley Chase kick off the Sun Lakes UCC Lent Project with donations for the needy in her memory. During Lent, the Sun Lakes United Church of Christ is collecting items that cannot be purchased with subsidies from government assistance. These donations will be delivered to the…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
An unexpected gift comes to the Crystal Card Project
Bobbie Reed Recently, a box from Peabody Engineering Corporation in Corona, California, appeared at the front door of one of our founding members, Charlene Petragallo. It was simply addressed to The Crystal Card Project. When Charlene opened it, she found it filled with donated greeting cards. The workers at Peabody found out about our…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Sun Lakes Knights support the 2018 AZ Standdown for Homeless and Needy Veterans
Maynard Iverson On Friday, January 26, five members of St. Steven’s Catholic Church’s Knights of Columbus traveled to the Arizona State Fairgrounds located in central Phoenix to present a check for $500 in support of the 2018 Arizona StandDown for Homeless and Needy Veterans. The Maricopa event is the largest in Arizona and one…
Generals, March 2018
Food and cash donations for Matthew’s Crossing proceeding apace
Ellen Engel Collections of food and funds from generous Sun Lakes residents in early February by Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) volunteers are proceeding at a rate at least equal to that of last year — an encouraging sign, indeed — and February collections are still coming in as we reach the newspaper’s deadline…
Generals, Clubs & Classes, January 2018
13th Annual Food Drive and Luminaria Walk highlights
Bob and Pam Swanson The 13th annual Food Drive and Luminaria Walk at Diamond Lake was a huge success. Our guests contributed 2,534 pounds of food and donated $1,155.00, which will provide approximately 2,700 meals! We are very thankful for the support of our annual event. All proceeds were donated to AZCEND, a/k/a “The Chandler…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
DAR aids vets and pets
Toni Bolling Lutter In keeping with national, state and chapter objectives, Gila Butte Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), has devoted itself to two committees: Conservation and Service for Veterans. Chapter projects complement the current State Regent’s projects by supporting innovative programs targeting companion animals and the vets who love them.…
Generals, December 2017
Wreaths Across America
Roman and Nancy Martin As we write this, we are in the waning days of procuring sponsorships for this program for 2017. We are now preparing to place our wreaths on the grave sites of the veterans in Valley of the Sun Cemetery on Chandler Heights Road. We will honor and respect those veterans in…