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…
Gila Crossing Community School (Pre-K thru Grade 8) is located within the Gila River Indian Community. If you are looking for meaningful volunteer work, please consider joining our volunteer program. Four volunteers are needed to assist with a LEGO Robotics Program which is being offered to middle school students, grades 5-8. Students will be building,…
Values we can all agree on Eric Ehst, Executive Director If you watched the Super Bowl this year, you may have noticed a common theme among the ads. Many of them were less about the product being advertised than they were a showcase for the “values” of the company placing the ad. There were a…
Ellen Engel In a fine beginning to the end of its ninth year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank, Reach Out volunteers collected a total of 225 pounds of staple foods and $260 in cash from three of its four monthly collections — 196 pounds of staple foodstuffs and $545…
You can become part of a unique group of volunteers and make a very meaningful contribution to many blind readers. To become a braille transcriber, you need: At least 10 hours a week, both to train and then to make braille books A love for words. (Word puzzle addicts are especially welcome). One Windows-system home…
Shirley Tormey The Phoenix Walk to End Alzheimer’s is on Saturday, November 12 at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Downtown Phoenix. Approximately 12,000 individuals will gather to mourn those we have lost, to honor those currently fighting and to celebrate a future of hope that one day we will find a cure for this terrible disease.…
Tom Adamson San Tan Crown Rotary Club, the afternoon Rotary club in Sun Lakes, is asking Sun Lakes residents to help with hands on projects at Fans Across America and Chandler Christian Community Center this fall 2016. Fans Across America is a non-profit organization located in Chandler that aids homeless students, families in transition and…
Have you ever heard of Soroptimist? We are women helping women. Soroptimist means Best for Women. Are you a former Soroptimist? Interested in learning more about Soroptimist? Want to join Soroptimist? Soroptimist is a woman’s community service group which focuses on improving and empowering the lives of women and girls in the local community. Soroptimist…
San Tan Crown Rotary club, the afternoon Rotary club in Sun Lakes, is asking Sun Lakes residents to help with “hands on” projects at Fans Across America and Chandler Christian Community Center this fall 2016. Fans Across America is a non-profit organization located in Chandler that aids homeless students, families in transition and victims of…
Patty Dennehy, Library Paraprofessional Do you have a few spare hours each week to help out your local branch library? We need a few volunteers who would enjoy shelving and helping out with special projects. Shelving volunteers sort books, audiobooks, DVDs and music CDs on carts as well as shelving the items. It does require…