Sandy Pallett Old Horton the elephant has hatched his last egg of the Dr. Suess Season! Ten of SLCT’s Children Theatre members headed out each week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) to entertain kindergarten and 1st grade students at 23 schools in the Chandler Unified School District. They performed Dr. Seuss’s story of Horton Hatches the…
Cheryl Ravenscroft This event is a Country Hoedown, so get out your 10-gallon hats and spangled, sequined shirts and polish up your leather cowboy boots and join us for a stompin’ good time on Sunday, March 24, in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood Country Club. Enjoy a country buffet of BBQ brisket and fried…
Bill and Jeanne Becker Yeee Haw! All you cowboys and cowgirls of Sun Lakes! Come on down to our Third Annual Country Hoedown presented by the Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation. Get out your 10-gallon hats and spangled, sequined shirts and skirts and polish up your fancy leather boots and join us for a stompin’…
Richard Hawkes The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation was created “to enhance the quality of life for the older population in the East Valley, including Sun Lakes residents, in the areas of health, education, and culture.” Our main activity involves awarding many grants to local nonprofits to help further their missions, such as the Sun…
Jeanne Becker, Treasurer During the summer and now in the fall, four members of the Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation have been planning this year’s Winter Wonderland Gala. This year’s event coordinators Jan Hawkes, Jeanne Duncan, Jade Neff, and Karen McGowan are arranging a glamorous and elegant semi-formal dinner dance to be held on Sunday, Dec.…
Jeanne Becker, Foundation Treasurer Due to a grant of $3,000 from The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation, the HeARTsy fine arts program will now be “in person” at Robson Reserve, offering fine art classes to some at-risk populations, specifically seniors suffering from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and dementia. Due to COVID-19, so many people have lost their…
Jeanne Becker, Treasurer The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation (GSLCF) has made a grant of $1,000 to Gary Bross of the Sun Lakes Apple Club to help with their needs for new equipment. Founded in March of 2017, the Sun Lakes Apple Club has grown to over 300 members. In January of 2023 the club…
Jeanne Becker, Foundation Treasurer The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation (GSLCF) has awarded the Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) a grant totaling $2,000 for their comedy troupe The ImproVables, which performs unrehearsed skits in their comedy shows throughout our Sun Lakes and East Valley communities. The intent of the grant funding is to enable the…
Jeanne Becker The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation is pleased to announce some recent donations to three local community groups that “enhance the quality of life for the older population in the East Valley, including all Sun Lakes residents, in the areas of health, education, and culture.” In that spirit, we were delighted to help…
Jeanne Becker, Foundation Treasurer Recently, The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation made an award of $3,000 to the Sun Lakes Firefighters Food Fund, which is used by the firefighters and EMS personnel at Stations 231 and 232 to help supplement the cost of their food, which they pay for themselves. The award amount is being…