Part-time voluntary position matching up teacher needs with prospective Sun Lakes volunteers – the Gila Crossing Community School (pre-school – Grade 8) is located within the Gila River Indian Community. Duties include taking prospective volunteers out to school for a tour, providing a volunteer packet and walking volunteers through the AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card process.…
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Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Food donations for Matthew’s Crossing continue to grow
Ellen Engel As of the Splash deadline in March, food donations to Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) from generous Sun Lakes residents have substantially exceeded a half-ton, and the March collections are still coming in as ROSL volunteers collected 327 pounds of food and $479 in cash for the benefit of over 600 needy Chandler-area families.…
Generals, April 2017
Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers have another record year
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…
Generals, March 2017
Volunteers needed
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,…
Generals, March 2017
News From Your Neighbors – Neighbors Who Care, Inc.
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…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
Reach Out Sun Lakes winding up 9th year for Matthew’s Crossing
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…
Generals, December 2016
Help a blind student get an education – here’s how
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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
The end of Alzheimer’s starts with me
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.…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
San Tan Crown Rotary needs volunteers
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…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Local Women’s Service Group, Soroptimist, now meeting at Stone and Vine
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…