Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) collected, put together, and delivered 60 kits of cleaning supplies for Afghan families who had to evacuate Afghanistan after working with the American military or embassy. The families are establishing homes in the U.S. in cooperation with The Welcome to America…
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair The CO2 Dragster STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) high school program started in Rotary year 2018-2019. This is a STEM program for Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) high school students and replaced the F1 In School program that was sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers, and…
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) partnered with Ellie Neal, an 8th grade student at Dr. Camille Casteel School, to complete the “2021 Cereal September” Community Service Project. This project ran from Sept. 1 through Sept. 17, where cereal, oatmeal, breakfast bars, and canned food were collected…
Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair It is with sadness that the Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) heard of the passing of Harold (Hal) Wochholz. Hal had been an RCSL member for 19 years after he moved to Sun Lakes from Mesa. Harold (Hal) Wochholz, 90, of Sun Lakes, Ariz., and more recently…
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes Supports Chandler CARE Center Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair One of the Rotary Club of Sun Lakes’ (RCSL) latest community service projects is the support of Chandler CARE Center. Per RCSL Rotarian Peter Meade, a cereal collection program was started by a Dr. Camille Casteel High School student.…
Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club has done some extraordinary things since its foundation in 1986. There are long lists of charities that have benefited from the club’s support – Neighbors Who Care, Boys and Girls Clubs of the East Valley, the Sheriff’s Posse, Gift of Life-Arizona, to name a few. But the largest…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, July 5, Bruce Bro will talk about his climb to Mt. Everest Base Camp. Bro is a retired entrepreneur and avid hiker who has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Whitney, and 15 Colorado mountains over 14,000 feet. He will discuss his time in Nepal and at Mt. Everest which will be very…
Norm Noble Dr. Fred DePrez joined the Sun Lakes Rotary Club in 2004. He has served the club with distinction ever since, functioning as Youth Protection Officer and has always been the go-between for our club and the students who have been involved with us. He just handed off his Youth Protection Officer responsibilities to…
Tom Adamson San Tan Crown Rotary club of Sun Lakes, along with Orbitel Communications in Sun Lakes and Metro Valley Computers, are working together to upgrade the computer systems at Neighbors Who Care (NWC). If your organization is interested in helping with this project to assist NWC, an organization that helps so many in need…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, September 1, Jim Bishop, a Southwest Airlines pilot who is working with the Chandler Unified School District as a parent, will bring an update on the District and talk about the bond election. He has a freshman and seventh grader in the school system and has worked as a volunteer in…