Category: Clubs & Classes

We Love Our Volunteers

Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club Volunteers make the difference. To make a good club experience, you need the right combination of dedicated individuals willing to put their good talents to work for the betterment of the club. For the Sun Lakes Hiking Club, we’ve benefited from years of talented individuals stepping up and defining…

Keep on Rollin’

Harry Huckemeyer The Short Line Model Railroad Club had put in place a busy agenda for the first half of 2024, but due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to make a few adjustments. The Open House at the Arizona Railroad Museum was scheduled for February, but it had to be delayed and eventually…

Desert Threads Members Make Items for Charity

During group Sew Days, members make quilts and other items for the needs of a variety of nonprofits supported by Desert Threads Quilters. Members make simple utility bags for carrying various items handed out at the refugee center in Phoenix. Immigrants waiting for their sponsors to pick them up attend the center and obtain necessities…

Line Dance Class

Jamie Parnum SunBird has a Line Dance class! Line dancing is a fun way to exercise to music! The class meets on Saturdays from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. and is usually held in the ballroom. When the ballroom is not available, we meet in the Navajo Room. The cost is $20 for five classes, or…

American Italian Club

Frank Nechvatal Our February meeting was a fun event. Members played Italian Bingo. The members filled their Bingo cards with the names of Italian foods, people, cities, and numbers in Italian. Prizes were given out to the winner of each round. For March, the club had a pizza party, along with a DVD on highlights…

American German Club News

Frank Nechvatal At our March meeting the club watched a DVD on German culture. Members brought snacks to eat during the viewing of the DVD. Our April meeting will be our end-of-season Patio Potluck Party. The club will provide roasted and fried chicken with potato salad. I wish our members a very Happy Easter! Auf…

Welcome on Board

Richard Volpe Desert Navy is an organization based locally here in the Sun Lakes area, although it has several active members from surrounding areas around the county. Its primary goal is to provide help and support to those veterans and others who are in need. To support that, we maintain a warehouse that contains a…

Art Club News

Sharon Eade What a great success our SunBird Art Club enjoyed at this year’s annual Art Show and Sale! This year we invited artists from organizations around the Valley and opened up our event to include a wider array of art forms, i.e., pottery, handcrafted jewelry, and even hand-painted seashells, to name a few! The…