Tag: Sun Lakes Rotary Club

The pancakes are coming

Rotarian Rowen Floth, our head flipper.

The Sun Lakes Rotary Club’s most talented pancake flippers are practicing 24/7 to get their arms in shape for our 20th annual Pancake Breakfast! These pancake flippers are the top of the line and are anxiously awaiting the return of our fantastic supporters who come yearly to taste the best of the best! The date…

Rotary meeting line-up

Dr. William Guerriero, Interim President of Chandler-Gilbert Community College will be Rotary’s September 13 speaker.

Norm Noble On Tuesday, September 6, Carolyn Richel, M.S. Ed from Hospice of the Valley will present “How to talk to your doctor.” Carolyn has devoted much of her professional life to supporting not-for-profit agencies. She has worked for Hospice of the Valley since 2005, first in the agency’s MediCaring program and currently serving as…

Rotary’s “Good Guy”

Peter Meade

Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club honors three of its members annually. In separate articles, Charles Loew was recognized as Rotarian of the Year and Don Prestin as the Service Above Self winner. Last month, Peter Meade received a special honor from the Sun Lakes Rotary Club when he was named Good Guy for…

Rotarian of the Month

Grace Wilson-Woods

Norm Noble Grace Wilson-Woods joined the Sun Lakes Rotary Club in 2014 and has been a hard worker ever since where she serves as assistant to the secretary of our club and chairs the Teacher of the Month program. Grace received a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Medical Dietetics from the University of Illinois…

Outstanding programs for Rotary in April

Brock Barnhart will be the featured speaker at Rotary’s April meeting.

Norm Noble On Tuesday, April 5, five outstanding students from Arizona College Prep-Erie campus, Basha, Chandler, Hamilton and Perry High Schools will participate in a speech contest held at the Sun Lakes Rotary breakfast that morning. Each student speaker will address how the Rotary Four Way Test might be applied to their lives or the…

It’s coming – the Annual Rotary Golf Tournament

Norm Noble In a month, on Sunday, April 3, the Sun Lakes Rotary Club will hold its 23rd annual Invitational Charity Golf Tournament at the Oakwood Country Club. This tournament represents the club’s major fundraiser of each year, allowing it to support numerous charities in Chandler and around the world; 100 percent of the net…

Team sponsored by SL Rotary wins competition

Pictured (left to right) volunteers Derek Logan, Bill Klein, SAE Event Coordinator Ken Francis and volunteer Don Robins, with the winning team (in black shirts).

Norm Noble F1 in Schools is a program designed to excite middle and high school students about math and science and to encourage them to consider a career in science or engineering. It introduces students to the engineering process. The F1 in Schools program complements the very successful A World in Motion (AWIM) program for…

Outstanding array of speakers at Sun Lakes Rotary

Greg Podd will be Rotary’s February 23 speaker.

Norm Noble On Tuesday, February 2, Jay Tibshraeny, Mayor of Chandler, will be the guest speaker, sharing insights into the coming year. In 1994, Tibshraeny became mayor of Chandler. During his time tenure, he saw Chandler’s transition from a rural town to a bedroom community for Phoenix. He oversaw the construction of the Chandler Fashion…

Rotary golf tourney planned

Norm Noble Sunday, April 3 is the date for Sun Lakes Rotary’s 23rd annual Charity Golf Tournament. It will be held at the Oakwood Country Club golf course in Sun Lakes. The shotgun start will be at 12:30 p.m. with a dinner in the Oakwood Ballroom to follow. This is Sun Lakes Rotary’s major fundraiser…