Scott Moore Thursday play for the SunBird Men’s Club is well underway as of the 2023 new year. The second monthly Men’s Club meeting was held on Dec. 6. The turnout was good, with 35 to 40 members in attendance. Keep in mind these meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month in the…
Category: January 2023
Card Games & Sports, January 2023
FUN da MENTAL Bridge Classes for Everyone!
Maria Davis FUN da MENTAL Bridge is offering a variety of Bridge classes starting in January. Learn with Better Bridge Certified Instructors Karin Hansen, Gordon Markham, and Maria Davis. Back by popular demand! Have fun. Exercise your brain. Hundreds of your neighbors have taken enjoyable, stimulating FUN da MENTAL Bridge lessons over the past several…
Card Games & Sports, January 2023
The Marathon Is Back!
The Bocce Ball Club of SunBird is excited to be offering marathon play during the Winter of 2023. The competition will run Jan. 14 through March 18 and will consist of two-person teams. Winners and cash prizes will be awarded. The marathon consists of your two-person team playing about 10 games against other teams from…
Clubs & Classes, January 2023
Lions Club—Become a Member
Arlene Block Become a member of the SunBird Lions Club. Join SunBird Lions LuVan, Ellyn, Arlene, and Jan helping at Lions Friday Night Bingo. Make a difference and help raise funds for those in need. SunBird Lions recently met a young child whose parents were unable to provide him with an eye exam and glasses.…
Clubs & Classes, January 2023
American Italian Club News
Frank Nechvatal Wishing our club members a Happy, Healthy New Year. We finished out 2022 with our Italian Club Christmas Party at Floridino’s restaurant. The food was great, the company was great, and it was a joyful get-together. Our January meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Lakeview Room. Callers will…
Clubs & Classes, January 2023
Canadian Club Activities Resume
Eighty Canucks celebrated their return to SunBird for the winter with an Albertsons chicken and potluck dinner on the patio on Nov. 17. Barb Finkelman coordinated the gathering, and Mike McMillan provided the entertainment with a Canadian Trivia game that tested our knowledge of events of our youth. Thank you to all those who pitched…
Clubs & Classes, January 2023
Lions Club Fundraiser
On Thursday, Jan. 12, Barro’s Pizza at 950 Riggs Road (on the corner of Riggs and McQueen Roads) will be donating a percentage of sales to SunBird Lions Club. Coupons will be available. If you don’t have a coupon, you can just tell the cashier that it is to support SunBird Lions Club. We will…
Clubs & Classes, January 2023
Lions Club Food Drive
Arlene Block With the holidays so close, the food and household necessity shelves need to be filled at the food pantries. The SunBird Lions Club partners with the AZCEND Food Bank of Chandler for their food, paper goods, etc. A box marked for SunBird Lions Club Food Drive has been placed in the room opposite…
Clubs & Classes, January 2023
American German Club
Frank Nechvatal We finished off 2022 with a Potluck Christmas Party. The club provided ham, and members brought side dishes and desserts. We ate and talked about German Christmas traditions. We had a White Elephant Gift Exchange. A good time was had by all. We now begin a new year, 2023. We wish all of…
Community News, January 2023
Restless Minds—What’s Ahead
John Brasch What does the future hold? Locally, statewide, nationally, internationally, for the earth, for humanity, for the cosmos? Medical breakthroughs? Political turmoil? Ecological disasters? A new Enlightenment? A wave of global humanitarianism? A spiritual outpouring or a wave of intolerance and corruption? Whatever your outlook, dystopian or utopian, you can share your views on…