Category: September 2022

¿Habla Español?

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 speakers to…

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

SunBird Golf Club Board of Directors Thank you to our generous residents (golfers and nongolfers) for donating over $20,000 to the 2022 Annual Overseed Fund! This is a record amount, and we appreciate each and every one of you who contributed. SunBird Golf Club appreciates your help in keeping our course beautiful and green. We…

Desert Navy Update

Richard Volpe As we move forward toward the Labor Day weekend and leave the summer months behind, we can all look ahead to the good weather we’ve been waiting for, a lot of new faces coming into the area, and so many new opportunities for all to enjoy everything that this great state has to…

Looking for Retired Teachers Interested in Teaching Adult Lifelong Learning Classes

Memory Café, held each Monday at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, offers a free weekly support and engagement session for families living with dementia or cognitive change. We are looking for fun, engaging, and creative volunteer teachers to present a 60- to 70-minute class to our engagement session. Participants are interested, interactive, and love the stimulation…

Medicare, Medicaid, and Related Benefit Information

Personalized objective assistance to seniors, the disabled, and caregivers is available, provided by volunteer counselors trained by the Arizona Agency on Aging Benefits Assistance Program. Services include: Basic information about Original Medicare (Parts “A” and “B”), Supplemental (Medigap) policies, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part “D”), Medicare Advantage Plans (HMOs, etc.), AHCCCS (Medicaid), ALTCS (Arizona Long…

Golf Course Event Listing

Christina Riley, Assistant Golf Shop Manager Sept. 1 (Thursday): Tee times start at 6:32 a.m. Sept. 5 (Monday): Labor Day Tournament, shotgun at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 11 (Sunday) to Oct. 8 (Saturday): Tee times start at 7:04 a.m. Sept. 17 (Saturday): All Saturdays forward, league start time is 7:04 a.m. Oct. 5 (Wednesday): 9 and Networking, 3 to 5…

American Italian Club News

Frank Nechvatal To all of our Italian Club members, this is a reminder that our first meeting of the new season will be on the second Thursday of October. That is Oct. 13, at 6 p.m., in the Lakeview Room. Again, that is the second Thursday of the month. In our continuing saga of the…

Lions Club 21S Kickoff

SunBird Lions hosted a 21S District Meeting and Educational Gathering Kickoff on Aug. 6 in the SunBird ballroom. District governor is Lion Chris Gibbs who, with his other leaders, presented a wonderful program attended by 120 men and women members from other Lions Clubs all over Arizona. Lions Fred and Joan Garmeson did a spectacular…

Sun Lakes Chorale—We’re Coming Back

Yvonne Orlich, Sun Lakes Chorale The Chorale is starting to prepare for its return in September for rehearsals for the Dec. 8 Holiday Concert. The summer break is always too long for those of us who sing in the Chorale, so we are anxiously awaiting our first rehearsal on Monday, Sept. 12. Rehearsals will be at 1 p.m.…