Category: August 2023

SunBird Post Office Update

Jan Griffin, Manager In July there was an increase in Forever Stamps. They are now 66 cents for a single stamp and $13.20 for a book of 20 stamps. A coil of 100 will cost you $66. International stamps went from $1.45 to $1.50. Most of the increases were for extra services, such as Certified…

Lions Club Sponsors Blood Drive

On Thursday, Aug. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Sun Lakes Evening Lions Club is sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive. Please join us at the Sun Lakes United Methodist Church Social Hall at 9248 E. Riggs Rd. in Chandler. Your blood donation is more important than ever! Please help ensure we…

Kare Bears Members Continue to Meet

Mary Shelor Even though SunBird Kare Bears don’t have meetings through the summer months, members still get together the second Wednesday of the month for a meet and greet luncheon in the SunBird Horizon Room and celebrate birthdays of the members who have a birthday that month. On June 14, 27 members attended the luncheon,…

Red Cross Blood Drive August 5

The Sun Lakes Posse will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The address is 9531 E. Riggs Road, in Sun Lakes. The event will be in the meeting room, with plenty of space to comply with social distancing requirements. Here are the basic requirements…

Welcome New Neighbors

Larry and Kim Dockter Hometown/State: Bismark, N.D. Larry and Kim have been married for 33 years and have two children. Pushpa Goel Pushpa has one child. Larry and Kimberly Holtmeier Hometown/State: Lincoln, Neb. Larry and Kimberly have been married one year and have three children. Their interests include Husker sports, golf, pool, family, and the…

Social Events

Wii Bowling Thursdays, Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, Horizon Room, 4 p.m. Join us for a fun night of Wii Bowling! Wii Bowling is held every Thursday in the Horizon Room and continues through the month of August. We hope to see you there! Live Music! featuring Harley Davidson Friday, Aug. 4, 7…

‘Where the Crawdads Sing’

Gwen E. Grace The current popularity of the movie and book titled Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens, has made many of us aware of crawdads. Well, they are in Sun Lakes and in our Arizona lakes. When the lake water is down, creating muddy edges near the rocks, both the Green Herons and…

Children’s Clothing Drive

The SunBird Lions Club needs your help to assist the children from Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary School with new or gently used clothing for Back to School in sizes 5 through 12 for either boys or girls. A drop-off box is in the Poster Room at the SunBird clubhouse and is marked with a SunBird…