The regular monthly food and cash 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 28 pounds of staple foods and $157.00 in cash donations from enthusiastic Sun…
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Features, October 2018
Reach Out Sun Lakes continues to produce for Mathew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Because of a deadline conflict last month, we did not report on our progress in collecting Reach Out Sun Lakes donations of food and cash, so here are the aggregate results for the two-month period covering August and September. Combined food donations (staple goods) totaled 538 pounds, and cash contributions (used by…
Generals, July 2018
Reach Out Sun Lakes sees encouraging results
Ellen Engel Collections of staple food items and cash contributions from our Sun Lakes contributing organizations during June by Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) brought forth 222.5 pounds of grocery items and $957 in cash contributions, a remarkably satisfying outcome for what is normally a very slow season for us because of the absence…
Generals, Religion, June 2018
Reach out Sun Lakes continues its efforts for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Here are the combined April and May results for food and funds collections by Reach Out Sun Lakes on behalf of the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank. For the two months ending on May 12, at the collections sponsored by the Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club, Sun Lakes Democratic Club, Unity of Sun…
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, February 2018
Reach Out Sun Lakes
Ellen Engel In a fine finish to its 10th year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, and thanks to a late December contribution of 81 pounds of staple foods from the Sun Lakes Jewish Community, in 2017, Reach Out volunteers collected a total of 5,384.5 pounds (well…
Generals, January 2019
Reach Out Sun Lakes contributes to Food Bank
Ellen Engel Reach Out Sun Lakes has completed its 11th year of service to Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler with collections of 4,026.5 pounds of staple foods (that is over two tons!), plus $4,861 in cash contributions to help purchase foods that cannot be donated (such as fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh…
Generals, December 2017
Reach Out Sun Lakes appreciates your support
Ellen Engel Monthly food and cash donations for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler have continued to increase now that the holiday season is upon us, and the results for early November were encouraging, indeed. Prior to the Splash’s early deadline because of the Veterans Day holiday, generous Sun Lakes residents had already…
Generals, November 2017
Fall begins with generous donations to Chandler Food Bank
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…
Clubs & Classes, October 2017
Reach Out Sun Lakes continues to produce for Matthew’s Crossing
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…