James M. Harrald All the volunteers with the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers would like to send out a huge Thank You to all the residents of the Sun Lakes community whom we picked for this year. Once again, we were able to donate well over 57 tons of fruit to St. Mary’s Food Bank. One bin…
Hi Neighbors, we need your help! We are volunteers with the Humane Society of White Mountain (HSWM), and they are looking for all of your old cell phones, iPads, Tablets and empty name-brand (HP, Brother, Epson, etc.) toner and ink cartridges. We will come to you and pick them up. The HSWM has partnered with…
Ellen Engel We are off to a great start in our 10th year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler. Food donations to Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) from generous Sun Lakes residents have already exceeded a half-ton, and the February collections are still coming in as we reach…
No More Chilly Nights will be held Saturday, February 25, at PRS Management in the Chandler Airpark. The annual fundraiser for the Clothes Cabin, a Chandler non-profit providing free clothing, shoes, linens, homeless laundry services, socks and underwear to local Title I schools, and a free work boot program, is a sell-out event. It starts…
Agave Quilters Guild, based in Sun Lakes, has sewn and donated 482 quilts to children’s hospitals in the area! The guild has a history of giving back to the community and Sherri Tanner, Community Service Project Chair, has spearheaded the sewing of lap quilts for the young patients in area children’s hospitals since the guild’s…
Sun Lakes United Methodist Church will be the site for a community-wide blood drive by United Blood Services on Monday, January 23 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. To donate, please call Natalie Martinez, Senior Donor Recruitment Representative, at United Blood Services at 480-272-5899. You can also go to www.UnitedBloodServicesAZ.org to schedule a time for your donation…
Bobbie Reed Donations! Volunteers! Sales! These three things gave the Crystal Card Project a jump start in its first year. Over 20 volunteers created more than 3500 new (recycled) greeting cards. Sales exceeded 1500 by mid-December. A great start for a project that is only eight months old. We aim to surpass that in 2017…
Ellen Engel Reach Out Sun Lakes has completed its 10th year of service to Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler with a record 2017 collection of 5,305 pounds of staple foods (that is over two-and-a-half tons!), plus $5,239 in cash contributions to help purchase foods that cannot be donated (such as fresh fruits and vegetables…
Ellen Engel Because so many Sun Lakes residents have been saving their empty egg cartons for donation to Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler, we are repeating an important announcement first published last month. We have been informed by the director of the Food Bank that they can no longer accept empty egg cartons (which…
Ellen Engel An important announcement to Sun Lakes donors to Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) activities: We have been informed by the director of the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler that the food bank can no longer accept empty egg cartons (which many Sun Lakes donors were contributing) because of a change in local…