SVE Clubs and Amenities

Aerobics

Low Impact Floor Aerobics - MONDAY – WEDNESDAY –FRIDAY
Palo Verde  - 7:30 to 8:30Saturday Stretching from 7:30 to 8:30 Professional Instructors - $3 per class  -  September through May

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Art Club

 SVE Artists Club provides the opportunity for residents of our village to enjoy many different fine art mediums.  We encourage art through our classes, demonstrations, field trips and participation in the Arts and Craft Show each spring and fall.  We currently have beginning and advanced watercolor classes and a class in oil and acrylics.  A stained glass group and china painting group also meet weekly.  Stop by the Arts and Crafts room to visit any group and check out our schedule on the door.

CURRENT SCHEDULE (as of FEBRUARY 2011)

Watercolor class -- Beginning & Intermediate -- at 9 am abd 1 pm on Mondays

Oil Painting - Wednesday 9 am

Acriylics and More - Thursday 9:30 am

Colored Pencil Drawing - Friday 9 am

China Painting - Friday

Woodcarvers - Wednesday afternoons

For more information, contact Elin Dumney

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Billiards

Among many activities offered here in our Village, billiards is one of the most popular.   Our teams travel to various parks here in the East Valley where we play in competition.  At 8:00 AM every Saturday, we have a pool Shoot Out that is open to all players, both men and women.  Open play for men is every Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 AM and ladies open play is at 12:30 PM the same days.  We are located next to the SVE Association Office in the north activity area and access can be obtained with your SVE activity card.  Join us and become acquainted with your neighbor.

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Bingo

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GAMES  (printable copy)

 The SVE Bingo Committee Thanks You for Playing "Bingo" with us!

For more info, contact the Bingo Committee:  480-986-9822 - or - 480-313-7033

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Bocce Ball

Our Bocce Ball is a version of Italian Lawn Bowling except that we play on carpeted courts.  We have our four courts located just east of the Mesa Verde Room.  The game is not strenuous and can be played by people who are quite elderly and even somewhat handicapped.  From the first week in January to the last week in March we have organized league play.  Men play on Mondays, women on Tuesdays and mixed couples play on Thursdays and Fridays.  Wednesdays are reserved for open play  Starting time is always 9:30 AM.  From April until the end of November we have open play on Monday through Friday in the evening.  Our courts are lighted for night play and the starting time is 7:00 PM.  In addition to playing the game, we are also involved with tournaments that include teams from other parks, fund-raising and other social activities.  All residents  of Sunland Village East are invited to participate in our open play and to join our club . 

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Bowling

Within SVE there are three bowling leagues that bowl through March and two organized open bowling groups that meet socially in the summertime.  The purpose of these leagues is to promote the sport of bowling in SVE  and advance socialization within our village.  Bowlers of all skill levels are encouraged to have fun and enjoy the sport and fellowship of bowling.

 The Superstition Senior Mixed Bowling League bowls at Mesa East Lanes on Monday at 3:30 PM for 19 weeks, October through March.  Each year 16 teams are made up randomly form the membership list.

 The  longest running leagues in the village are the SVE Mixed Bowling League and the SVE No-Tap Bowing League, both of which bowl at Brunswick Lanes for 20 weeks.  Both leagues are non-sanctioned handicap leagues.  Our goal is to have a good time while getting some good exercise.  The No-Tap league bowls on Monday at 1:30 PM.  The Mixed League bowls on Wednesday at 1:30 PM  Both leagues presently consist of 3 people per team, resulting in a faster pace.  The teams are assigned at the beginning of each season, using last year's averages, so that teams begin with nearly the same team averages.  At the end of each season there is a fantastic bowling banquet and great prizes.  This is not the usual boring bowling banquet -- you have to see it to believe it!

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Bridge

Wednesday Night Practice Bridge is underway.  This  is the perfect place to hone your skills without serious tournament play. No scolding is allowed and  a fun night of practice bridge is guaranteed.  7 PM every Wednesday in the small card room.

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Card Clubs - Hand & Foot

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Ceramics

The Whys and Where's of Ceramics.....  Classes  with instructors are Monday and Tuesday mornings between 9 to noon and Tuesday afternoon 1:00 to 4:00.  Our instructor is Genie Oganovich.  The classes are fun, fulfilling and extremely friendly. 

We also have special classes with instructors coming from all over to show different techniques such as "air brushing", "brush strokes"," horsehair", etc.  We make items for holidays, gifts for our family and friends or to sell at the Arts and Crafts Show and Sale, which is held in March and November.  We also have two shelves in the Ceramic Room for sale for last minute gifts.

 All in all, it is a good time and get out of the house and socialize.

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Chapel

The Village Chapel is a nondenominational ministry operated for and by residents of Sunland Village East.  It was started in 1990 by a group of SVE residents under the leadership of Paster Wyn Olson, a resident since 1988.  Our objective is to glorify the Lord, teach Biblical truth and provide a place of worship with our neighbors.  We meet for worship  and fellowship in the SVE Auditorium each Sunday at 9 AM and for Bible Study in the Rosewood Room at the Palo Verde Building on Wednesdays at 7 PM from November through March. 

The Village Chapel Contact List

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Computer Club  

Upcoming Club Activities -

SVE PHOTO SIG - Annual SVECC Photo Show, Sunday, March 6th from 1 - 4 pm in the Oakwood Room.  FREE.  Please come and judge the photos

SPECIAL AZacc PRESENTATION on March 7th at 2 pm in the Mesa Verde Room.  Abby Stokes, Author of a book called, "Is this thing On?"   She comes highly recommended as a great speaker.  Her book will be available for purchase for $15.  It would make a good gift for your computer friends and family. 

THE SWING RESORTER - Big Band Sounds - Monday, March 21st - 7-8 pm in the Auditorium.  Sponsored by the Computer Club.  Tickets available at Club meetings, from the SVE Office and also available at the door.

Visit the SVE Computer Club web Site (here)

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Exercise Room & Equipment

Exercise Equipment Rooms can be found near both the North and South swimming pools.  The North room has equipment located in two areas on either side of the pool.  The South pool has equipment located on the East side of the pool.  The Exercise Rooms are available to all SVE adults over the age of 18.

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Family Home Evening Group

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Friendship Group

All ladies who live in Sunland Village East and who attend Our Savior's Lutheran Church on Ellsworth are welcome to join us.

The Sunland Village East Friendship Group meets the second Wednesday morning of every month at 9:30 AM in the Mesa Verde Room in Sunland Village East.

We have an active group and enjoy our time together.  Our main purpose is for friendship and support for one another. Come and join us and you will have the opportunity to meet and become friends with 40 very nice ladies.  We also have a charitable project each year.

We open and close our meeting with devotions and prayer.  At times, we go together to various restaurants for lunch and we enjoy Christian fellowship with one another.

We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you into our Friendship Group. 

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Genealogy

The Genealogy club meets on the first and third Wednesday of every month.

On the first Wednesdays, It meets in the Mesa Verde Room parking lot at 8:45 AM to carpool to the Family History Center or the Arizona State Archives at 9 AM. 

On the third Wednesdays, It meets in the Mesa Verde Room at 9:00 AM.

Frequently, knowledgeable speakers make presentations and conduct workshops at the Club’s meetings.

 The Club maintains a list of surnames that are being researched by its members with submitter’s names and contact information.  The list offers an opportunity to make connections.  The list is passed around at all meetings.  Backup index cards showing brief pedigrees are available for review during the meetings, also. 

A donation of $1 per meeting attended is requested to defray the Club’s expenses, including speaker honorariums and purchase of equipment and reference materials. 

 The Clubs’ coordinators are:
                                Jean McLane
                                Phone:  480-986-0002
                                e-mail:  jeanmc@fastq.com 

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Golf

This 18 hole, semi-private, par 62, green grass course.  The men’s yardage is 3,689 and the women’s yardage is 3,270.  We also offer a Driving Range and Restaurant facility. 

The Golf Course is member owned but, open for public play.

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Hiking & Walking Groups  (Trail Blazers)

Horseshoes

"Ringer Time"

It is getting closer to the time to throw ringers again. 

Right now our players are scattered from Alaska to Kansas and points in between.  Hopefully they are finding courts to practice on during the summer.  Practice we all need, and lots of it. 

Players we need also, both male and female.  If you are a thrower, or would like to be, talk to anyone at the pits or call me, Pat Ward, at 480-380-4246.

We are in a 17 team league so every Tuesday morning from November through February we are either hosting a game at our pits or are going to another park to try our luck and skill on their pits.

Houseshoe pitching is fun and good exercise.

We have a good bunch of guys.  They enjoy the game as well as the coffee and doughnuts that are available where ever we play.

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Jam Session

Like Music - All kinds?

Gospel, Country, Waltz, two-step, Rock and Roll, boogie, Polka, Old-time from the Gay Nineties up!  Come to Sunland Village East, Friday Jam Sessions!  Bring your listening ears, dancing shoes, singing voices, or musical instruments.  All are welcome!  Amateurs and professional musicians join together to bring two hours of down home fun, beginning at 1:00 PM on Fridays in the Auditorium.  

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Library

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Masonic Square & Compass Club

Our aim is to get to know brother Masons residing in the Village and to enlist their participation in activities that will be beneficial to the members and other residents of the village.  There are social activities where members and their ladies, and widows of Masons, will participate.

If you are a Mason and have not been contacted by a member, please call: 

President:  Ed Zarr Phone     480-373-9955;  email   ezarr@cox.net

Treasurer: Paul Christoffers 480-358-1792;  email   pchristoffers@cox.net

Secretary: Max Traylor         480-380-9404;  email   azmax34@msn.com

Calling Committee:

Chet Swedmark

Max Traylor

Warren Buenam

Bob Bennett

Club business meeting monthly at Michaels Restaurant on the Green in the back room the third Thursday of  month at 11:30 AM October -thru- March. Many Village Masons meet for Coffee at Michaels each Thursday Am at 9:00am.

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Military Vets

At SVE have a social veterans group.  We meet at 5:00 PM in the Auditorium on the third Wednesday of each month, October through April.  Our program usually opens with respect to our U.S. Flag, followed by a delicious potluck dinner, with lots of fellowship.  After dinner, we have a brief business meeting, then top off the evening with great entertainment.  The Vet's spouse or guest is included as a member.  Please join us for fun, food and fellowship on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:00 PM.  Our main goal is to keep in touch with our fellow vets here in the Village.  Once each season the men serve a complimentary dinner to the ladies in appreciation for the fine food they provide throughout the year.  Darlene Rich: Social chairman, 986-6985 and Les James: President, 380-4627.

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Neighborhood Watch

Sunland Village East is the only community in North America, to our knowledge, that is 100% organized under the Neighborhood Watch program.  As of January 1, 2003 we list 75 Block Watch groups which involves some 325 volunteers as Block Captains and Assistants.  The Neighborhood Watch program is nation wide and locally is directed by the Mesa Police Department.

Neighborhood Watch has proven to be a great crime deterrent and, in SVE, has in addition added considerably to the quality of life by way of building an esprit de corps among our residents.  If you are new to SVE, we highly recommend that you get in touch with your Block Captain who can assist you to get acquainted with your neighbors and help you to quickly become immersed in our social life.  We love to see newcomers joining our ranks and contributing toward our Village well-being.

Block Watch groups are required to have two social functions of some kind each year.  Many groups within SVE exceed this required minimum and some have get-togethers monthly and sometimes 2-4 groups meet together.  This all helps to expand our friendship base, improves our security, and enhances the pleasure of life in SVE - An Active Community at its Best.

We encourage newcomers and long term residents alike to step forward and volunteer to serve as Block Captains and/or Assistants.  An annual turn-over of leadership benefits us all.  The tasks are light and the benefits many.

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Ping Pong

Players meet to play Table Tennis or Ping-Pong every Friday from 10 AM to Noon in the Oakwood Room 

Coordinator is:
                                Gene Trust
                                Phone:  480-373-6052
                                e-mail: trustgene@cox.net

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RV Club   "The Sunrunners"

Does your RV sit around collecting dust all winter?  Do you go to the storage lot and run the engine periodically just because it is good for the RV?  Why not get it out of storage and join the Sun Runners RV Club for fun in the sun?   We are really a great group and we invite any and all of you with any kind of an RV to join us.  Usually, we travel in and about Arizona, seeing what this state is all about.  But occasionally we travel further for special outings such as Monument Valley, Utah; Pahrump, Nevada; and Indio, California.  

Our outings include a lot of camaraderie, good Sun Runners chili, friendly banter, and great card games!  Everyone takes their turn at being wagonmaster, with the more experienced RV-ers pairing up with the inexperienced.  At Christmas time, we go as a group to dinner and a show in the area, but because everyone is busy with family and friends, we do not go out with the RVs in December.  We meet in the Mesa Verde Room at 3:00 PM the first Tuesday of the month from October  through April.  Come see what we are all about !!

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Softball

updated 5/9/2011

FALL LEAGUE -- OCTOBER - DEC 2011           WINTER LEAGUE -- JAN - MARCH 2012

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Sunland Singers

The only requirement for joining this club is a love of singing.

We meet from September to April with rehearsals every Tuesday afternoon from 12:30-3 PM in the Mesa Verde room or the Auditorium.

Two concerts a year, Christmas and Spring, are given to entertain the community.

For more information contact:

Kenn Seipp  kseipp@frontiernet.net

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Tap Dancers - "The SVE Sunsationals"

Upcoming Tennis Club Events (click here)

The "Sunsationals" Tap Club began in 1990 for seniors that wanted to tap dance.  Now dancers, ages fifties through their eighties dance their way to fun and fitness here at Sunland Village East.  Dance revues are presented every other year with the next revue scheduled for March 2013.

Tap dancing is a wonderful exercise for the mind and the body.  Dancers have to concentrate on each step as well as remember the sequence of the steps.  Its also a great stress reducer and good for the balance.  Along with keeping the body and mind sharp, membewrs enjoy the friendships they have made through belonging to the group.  New members, men and women, are always welcome.

Classes for beginners and experienced dancers begin in November each year on Tuesday at 9 AM with practice on Friday mornings at 9 AM in the Sunland Village East Auditorium.   

Call Alicia Hall  (354-7151)   for more information.    

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Shuffleboard

During the month of November  the Shuffleboard group will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
from 9 AM to 11 AM.

Starting December 1st we meet Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 AM to Noon.

Cost - $5 per pin

This is a really fun group!  We have 5 to 6 socials every year.

Please contact Mary Casale [ 373-8573 ] if you would like further information.

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Volley Ball

Contact:  

Eugene  Dziekan   984-7770

Darlene Brown  373-6362

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Water Volley Ball

Water Volleyball

North Pool

October thru April

        Monday and Thursday     2-4PM

Summer Only

        Tuesday and Thursday     7-9PM

Year Round

        Saturday       2-4PM

For more information contact Ron & Cheryl Danelski at 354-6845.

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Wood Carvers

Our group is for anyone who likes to carve.  We meet on Tuesday  and Thursdays afternoons from 12:30 to 4:00 PM in the Arts and Craft room at the Main Complex.  We greet new people and also visit with friends.  We have coffee and cookies.  We have a meeting the first Tuesday of each month except in the summer.  We have a good time.  Membership is $10.00 per year.

For more information call: Bob Doeden  480-773-9264

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Wood Shop

President -  Ike Brake            Ph No.   380-3016      

 Vice President -  Bob Breinholt

Treasurer - Earl Burdick 

Secretary - Mary Lynn Warren

Shop Hours:

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