Category: January 2023

Interested in Joining a Committee?

SunBird has a variety of committees with specific charters to assist the board of directors. Committees help by studying and reviewing suggested ideas and comments to improve SunBird. The committees are Architectural Control (ACC), Finance, Planning and Project Review, Rules Compliance, and Welcome and Marketing. Committee member terms (March through February) are for one year…

Fruit Picking

Bonnie Marcus, Community Administrator It’s that time of year when we are getting ready for fruit picking in January. The fruit picking team will be ready to start picking on Tuesday, Jan. 24, beginning at 8:30 a.m. They are usually finished picking by 10:30 a.m. They will bring the fruit to the clubhouse for everyone…

SunBird Irish Club

Mary Pilon, Publicity Overheard at the Irish Club Christmas party: “My wife still hasn’t told me what my New Year’s resolutions are.” Well, folks, another year has passed, and the Irish Club is planning many entertaining things for 2023. Mark your calendars for Jan. 19. Judy Phillips has contacted Barleens for a dinner and show.…

Korean War Veterans News

Rich Volpe, Chapter Commander Our chapter commander would like to extend his thanks and appreciation for all the support you all provided to our organization over the past year, and we’re looking forward to a fresh new start as we enter into the new year. After coming off a challenging year, things are getting back…

Hand and Foot

Yvonne Beloney and Shirley Goodman We meet on Tuesday in the new room (called the Apache Room), which is on the third floor. We play year round. We start playing at noon. Come and join us, and please arrive by 11:45 a.m. so you can either pick a table or draw cards for partners. Buy-in…

Lady 18ers Are Busy this Season!

Margaret Munsch, Publicity The SunBird Lady 18ers have had a busy November and December organizing and participating in a number of golf activities. Six more ladies (Pauline Cantera, Judy Corkery, Karen Hall, Dawn Muench, Zee Walton, and Cindy Wilson) joined our league, for a total of 16 new members this year. We are pleased to…

Lions Club Bingo Winners

Arlene Block The lucky winners at the SunBird Lions Club Bingo for Friday, Dec. 2, were Marilyn Hespel, Liesa Firebaugh, Marilyn Klooster, Beth Manack (won two games), Amanda Acuna (won two games), Linda Kaplan, Linda Brandon, Jack Baudister, Bunny Simpson, Reinetta Moore, Ruth Vipperman, Karrie Foy, and Vicki Baker. We also had double winners where…

Trips & Tours

For more information or reservations, please contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or [email protected]. Utah Mighty 5 from Vegas Departs first Sunday monthly January through April 2023 Price: $1,950 pp/double $2,199 pp/single Airfare is additional. Scenic Laughlin + Casino Jan. 17-19, 2023 Price: $350 pp/double; $450 pp/single MIM + Café Lunch Friday, Jan.…

RV Club News

Cathy Donaldson, Secretary We’ve started the 2022-23 camping season meeting new RVers and new friends. We held our welcome back meeting on Nov. 8 with food and drink. We had a booth at the SunBird Community Day and met many nice residents and shared information about our club. We have Rallies planned for January and…