Toni Bolling Lutter In preparation for the holidays, Gila Butte DAR is sponsoring two programs to remember and honor our U.S. Military. Wreaths Across America. Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, wreath-laying ceremonies are held throughout the nation in national cemeteries where U.S. veterans are buried. Gila Butte Chapter participates in these annual…
Paul McNeese The regular monthly food and donation program on behalf of Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank continued last month with its first October pickup at the Duplicate Bridge Club meeting on the 2nd, where Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) volunteers picked up 42 pounds of staple foods and $556.00 in cash donations from enthusiastic Sun…
Roman Martin As this is written, it is hard to think about cooler weather and Christmas. Elk’s Veterans Assistance Committee of the Chandler Lodge of the B.P.O.E. #2429 is participating in this patriotic endeavor to place a wreath on the grave of each veteran from any service or timeframe. Our target is Valley of the…
A charity walk/fundraiser to honor Dr. Randy Walker, DVM, and to raise money for two local animal rescue groups is planned for Sunday, October 15, in Sun Lakes, Arizona. The one-, two- or three-mile walk will start at 7:00 a.m. and finish at 10:00 a.m. at the Sun Lakes Chandler Animal Clinic located at 9670…
Ellen Engel In August, Reach Out Sun Lakes collected donations from generous Sun Lakes residents totaling 225 pounds of food and $338, an above-average result given that so many of the area’s residents spend their summers elsewhere. But September began the annual up-tick, as nearly 240 pounds of donated food was delivered to the Matthew’s…
Charity Walk to honor Dr. Randy Walker, DVM on Sunday, October 15, 2017 in Sun Lakes, AZ – more details to follow. This is a fundraiser to raise money for two local charities: Rover’s Rest Stop (dogs) www.roversreststop.com & Muchos Gatos (cats) www.facebook.com/mjatos1; DONATE at www.gofundme.com/drwalkerscharitywalk For questions or information, please contact: Elise Rathke at…
Ellen Engel Usually in this space we report the results of each month’s food drive for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, but collections were not completed before the deadline date of the Splash this month, so we decided to skip the results and simply to review the process and its progress. We will report…
The Sun Lakes Democratic Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, September 11, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room in the Sun Lakes Country Club, located at 25601 E. Sun Lakes Blvd. N. The speakers will be Arizona House candidate Jennifer Pawlik, who will speak about the Chandler Unified School District override…
Ellen Engel Collections of staple food items and cash contributions from our Sun Lakes friends during July by Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) brought forth 369 pounds of grocery items and $413 in cash contributions, a remarkably satisfying outcome for what is normally a very slow season for us because of the absence of our…
Elise Rathke I couldn’t believe it when I overheard a conversation between two women…they were talking about the untimely and sudden death of their beloved veterinarian Dr. Randy Walker. Dr. Walker? He’s my vet too. I asked them to tell me the story. Shocked and saddened by what I heard, I was not able to…