Category: July 2019

Stock up on Crystal Cards

Bobbie Reed July is a great time to stock up on greeting cards. You can buy beautiful cards for just $1 each. The money raised goes entirely to charity. Birthday cards, Get Well cards, Thank You cards, Thinking of You cards and many more will be available at the July events listed below: * July…

Social Events

4th of July Flag Ceremony Thursday, July 4, Clubhouse Flagpole, 8:00 a.m. Join us in celebrating our country’s Independence Day with a short flag-raising ceremony held at 8:00 a.m. outside of the clubhouse at the main flagpole. Following the ceremony, the Horizon Room will have a short stack of strawberry and blueberry pancakes with whipped…

Donate to the Chandler Food Bank

Julie Harman My name is Julie, I am a SunBird resident and I volunteer at a Chandler Food Bank. If you have extra food (unopened, please) that you can’t use, I would be glad to take it to the food bank. The food bank also accepts toiletries, cleaning products, paper products and other miscellaneous items.…

SunBird HOA dues – money hard at work

Fact or Fiction? Who really oversees the HOA finances? The HOA Board of Directors, the HOA Board Treasurer, General Manager Layne Varney, the HOA Board or is it the Finance Committee, our contracted CPA or the annual independent contracted auditor? Well, if you chose any one of those people or entries, you are partially correct.…

Patrol Report

Thomas Catri It’s a dry heat, and the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, residents again are gearing up for another brutal summer season. Remember everyone to protect yourselves from the extreme heat that can be deadly as temperatures regularly creep and stay in triple digits. Extreme heat is no joke and is known for being the deadliest…

Traveling with essential oils

JoAnne Gaudioso We have hit our 100-degrees mark and many of us are planning our escapes from the heat. As we prepare to travel, whether for the entire summer or a brief getaway, whether by plane, car or train, careful attention is given to what we take along. Essential oils can be easily incorporated into…

Visit SunBird’s website

SunBird’s website has some of the latest news and information of what’s going on in SunBird. SunBird’s activities, meetings, calendars, clubs, groups and organizations have contact information that can be accessed at sunbirdhoa.com. Come visit us.

Notes from the Board Meetings

The Board of Directors had a Business meeting on May 20, 2019, in the SunBird Ballroom. The following are notes from this meeting: Members Present: Nancy Eckstein, Linda DiPalma, Tammy Bachofner, Shirley Clark, Dan Buescher, Gordon Lee and Layne Varney, General Manager President Nancy Eckstein called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Treasurer’s Report…

SunBird’s email news group

SunBird has an email newsletter and special-notices program to improve communications with homeowners. If you are not registered for the SunBird email list or you are not sure if you are, please go to the SunBird website at sunbirdhoa.com and click on the icon picture of the email chimp (monkey) at the bottom of the…

Al-Anon meeting notice

The new 12-step Al-Anon Group meets Monday evenings at 5:00 p.m. in the Lakeview Room (located on the main level by the Pro Shop) of the SunBird clubhouse. If you are concerned about the drinking problems of someone you care about, come and join in on our discussions and receive some help for your peace…