Category: April 2022

Looking for Golf Course Volunteers  Ranger and Starter

Laurie Moore Kelech, Golf Shop Manager We are looking for volunteers for the golf course for the position of Ranger-Starter. Please stop in the Golf Shop or call 480-883-0820. Position Concept: Creates a positive experience while monitoring pace of play. Facilitates on-course tournament logistics. Upholds positive golf etiquette and prevents behavior that is detrimental to the…

SunBird Garden Club April News

Jan Davidson Oh my goodness! We are coming up to the last meeting of the SunBird Garden Club for this session. We started our meetings in November of 2021 after a COVID-19 hiatus for 2020-21. It feels like we just had that first meeting a few weeks ago, but it has been five months already.…

Rotary Club Names Teacher of the Month

Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) recently named Tracy Phillips, a 7th grade science teacher at Santan Junior High School, the Club’s February 2022 Teacher of the Month. The monthly teacher awards are sponsored jointly by Rotary Club of Sun Lakes, Trust Bank, and Earnhardt Auto Centers. Tracy…

Canadian Farewell

Another winter of “fun in the sun” has come to an end. Like the geese, we Canadians are preparing to return to our “home and native land.” Canadians are active participants in all the activities offered at SunBird and really appreciate the leadership of Layne, Wendy, Bonnie, John, Joe, and their crews. The golf course…

¿Habla Español?

Margo Callaghan Would you like to use and keep up your Spanish? Our group is informal, and our purpose is to have fun talking and listening to each other while improving our language skills. We discuss topics suggested by members, and when needed, we help each other with grammar and vocabulary. We encourage intermediate Spanish…

Thinning Fruit Trees

The SunBird Fruit Picking team has a request of all the homeowners who have fruit trees. After your trees are picked, it is time to trim and thin out the trees. By thinning out the trees, it makes it safer for the volunteers who are picking the fruit. They return from picking with torn shirts…

Pickle 4 Purple Tournament: A “Grape” Success!

The SunBird Pickleball Club, along with many, many friends of pickleball, knocked it out of the park on Feb. 25, 26, and 27 at our annual Pickle 4 Purple (P4P) Tournament. We raised $13,100 for the Alzheimer’s Association, and we donated $1,000 to our Neighbors Helping Neighbors fund in SunBird. Thank you to everyone who…

Mock ‘Speed Dating’ at Desert Threads Meeting

Desert Threads members had fun sharing their quilting likes, playing a game similar to “Speed Dating.” We also shared our “favorite quilting tool” and why we liked it. Several members brought “Bring and Brag” (show and tell) quilts to show, many of which were recently finished UFOs (unfinished objects), to win prizes and points in…

February Rock Found

Former longtime resident Joan Freund was the lucky finder of the February Garden Club rock. Joan and her husband Larry were back in SunBird visiting family and friends. Joan was checking out the additional golf cart parking while leaving the clubhouse after enjoying a meal at the Horizon Room and noticed the heart painted rock…

Crystal Card Sales in April

Bobbie Reed A wonderful inventory of cards is available for April shoppers. Our volunteers have been busy making cards to let family and friends know you are thinking of them. To help you find just the right cards, The Crystal Card Project has two sales scheduled in early April: Wednesday, April 6, from 10:30 a.m.…