Mary Kenny You have probably heard of New Adventures (NA) in Learning, our community’s lifelong learning program. Did you know that NA is the place to explore your interests and challenge your curiosity? Each of us has interests—maybe even goals—outside our formal schooling and jobs. We are natural learners, and we continue to grow. So,…
Janet Cook As Thanksgiving approaches, it’s time to think of family gatherings and assess if our home serves our needs for now, and the future as we age. It used to be questions such as can someone with a walker or in a stroller or wheelchair have easy access? Now that we have experienced a pandemic,…
Sincere Thank You! to Our SunBird Friends/Neighbors Sharon Erickson To everyone who prayed for Don and me during his short-term illness and/or sent loving condolence cards, plants/flowers, and meals, a sincere Thank You! from our Erickson family. I don’t know what our family and I would have done had it not been for our SunBird…
Ken Hinatsu The Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse and the American Red Cross held a successful blood drive in Sun Lakes on October 27. This drive was the third blood drive held at the Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse facility on Riggs Road. The blood drive efforts continue to shore-up recent shortfalls in the blood supply because…
Nancy Smith November brings us thoughts of autumn in the air, Thanksgiving, and, yes, elections. The SunBird Library has a good selection of “president books” and many about their wives. The non-fiction section has political views by O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. In the Biography section, you’ll find Jimmy Carter’s book Keeping Faith. There are three…
Marianna Buescher Need to hold a meeting or play a game, or have any kind of activity in one of the clubhouse rooms? No problem! Remember that many clubs/committees/activities are scheduled in the rooms throughout the day. If you need to have a room at a specific time, please download the room reservation form from…
Joyce Montoya On Christmas Eve at 6 p.m., we are asking everyone to go outside and ring a bell for two minutes to spread Christmas spirit and to help Santa fly that sleigh. After a tough year, it would be an amazing memory for the kids and communities. End 2020 with a bit of magic, hope, and…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Having been in a pandemic for most of this year, our lives have changed in many ways. And because of this, we may think that Christmas this year will be quite different from previous years; perhaps less enjoyable or meaningful. But will it? It doesn’t…
Michael Whitaker The pandemic has impacted many events, including the fifth annual Chandler Wreaths Across America event to be held at the Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery this December. Michael Whitaker, project coordinator and member of the Exchange Club of Chandler, noted that there are 2,700-plus veterans buried at the Chandler cemetery. “Because…
Kay Davis Unity of Sun Lakes is a New Thought Spiritual Community. We keep a positive attitude, knowing the powerful Love of God heals us and all the world around us. Reverend Jeanne MacLaughlin records our Sunday services on YouTube, and we can watch them anytime. Search Unity of Sun Lakes, and the date, on…