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Car wash to benefit Rotary auction, students
Students and seniors will be joining forces Saturday for a good cause: a car wash to promote the March 15 Rotary Radio Auction, with proceeds going to Great Expectations Academy in Sahuarita.
The car wash will take place at Green Valley Fire District Station 151 on La Canada Drive, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Students from Great Expectations will be washing cars and accepting donations, while Rotarians and GVFD Fire Corps volunteers distribute free “auction dollars,” $10 coupons good for use at their KGVY radio auction March 15.
Volunteers will also be selling raffle tickets for a 10-day trip-for-two to Costa Rica to be raffled off at the end of the auction. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20.
The Green Valley, Sahuarita and Valley Verde Rotary Clubs are hosting the auction with the goal of raising $25,000 for the Green Valley Fire District Fire Corps, a group of specially trained volunteers who handle non-emergency fire calls for the district. The money will go toward a new Ford F-150 truck for the volunteers.
Local businesses have donated everything from restaurant dinners to golf equipment, to collectors’ items such as a basketball signed by University of Arizona Wildcats coach Lute Olson.
Information: Contact auction chair Maureen McCarthy at 399-2821 or visit www.greenvalleyrotary.com for details.
UA immigration expert speaks at library today
A University of Arizona expert on immigration issues and its economic effects will be the guest speaker at a meeting at the Joyner-Green Valley Library at 2 p.m. today.
The forum is sponsored by the Border Issues Study Group of the American Association of University Women.
The speaker is Judith K. Gans, an adjunct professor and researcher at the UA’s Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy.
Among other things, she studied at the Udall Center on U.S. immigration in the global economy. Gans is also a trustee of the Woman’s Foundation of Southern Arizona.
There’s no charge for the meeting and talk.
Artists in Arivaca will host benefit Saturday
The Arivaca Artists Co-op is holding a fundraiser at 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at the Arivaca Community Center, 16012 W. Universal Ranch Road.
The event will feature food prepared by the artists and other residents, music by Dave and the Hayseeds, a silent auction and raffle of a mesquite bench and mesquite lamp and other work by the artists, plus prickly pear libations.
Admission is $5, which covers a raffle or drink ticket.
The 10 artists in the co-operative will display their work which includes watercolors, photography, tie-dye clothing, leather crafts, gift bags, soap and salves, carved mesquite animals and tile art.
Mary Scott, a member of the cooperative, said proceeds from the fund-raiser will help the co-op with rent costs, which have gone up 33 percent.
“We really appreciate our friends in Green Valley and hope they will come. We timed the event to make it convenient for them to come and get home before dark,” she said.
Information: Call Scott at 398-0022.
Chamber of Commerce seeks auction items
The Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce is asking local businesses to donate items to be auctioned at its Chamber benefit in April.
The third-annual Silent Auction, attended by more than 400 people last year, will be held April 25 at the Desert Diamond Casino.
Suggested items for donation are vacation get-aways, jewelry, golf packages, theatre tickets, works of art, or other items and services worth over $50.
Interested businesses are asked to contact auction coordinator Jennifer Proctor at (520)-269-9091.
Documentary plays at library Saturday
The documentary “Troubled Waters” will be shown Saturday at the Joyner-Green Valley Library at 9:30 a.m.
The film explores the issues of water shortage through the lens of faith and from the perspective of people in Bolivia, Malawi, the Middle East and the U.S. Southwest and Great Lakes who struggle daily to find access to clean, safe water.
Coffee and brownies will be provided and admission is free.
Information: Contact Alma Sychuk at 648-6416 or arizcasa@cox.net.
Benefits counselor helps vets in GV
Veterans Benefits Counselors are available to help veterans and their families seeking information or assistance with their benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
A Veterans Benefit Counselor will be in Green Valley on the third Thursday of each month at Friends in Deed (301 W. Camino Casa Verde) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This month, a counselor will be here March 20.
Veterans Benefits Counselors are also available Monday through Friday in Tucson.
Info,appointments: 207-4960.
Students and seniors will be joining forces Saturday for a good cause: a car wash to promote the March 15 Rotary Radio Auction, with proceeds going to Great Expectations Academy in Sahuarita.
The car wash will take place at Green Valley Fire District Station 151 on La Canada Drive, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Students from Great Expectations will be washing cars and accepting donations, while Rotarians and GVFD Fire Corps volunteers distribute free “auction dollars,” $10 coupons good for use at their KGVY radio auction March 15.
Volunteers will also be selling raffle tickets for a 10-day trip-for-two to Costa Rica to be raffled off at the end of the auction. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20.
The Green Valley, Sahuarita and Valley Verde Rotary Clubs are hosting the auction with the goal of raising $25,000 for the Green Valley Fire District Fire Corps, a group of specially trained volunteers who handle non-emergency fire calls for the district. The money will go toward a new Ford F-150 truck for the volunteers.
Local businesses have donated everything from restaurant dinners to golf equipment, to collectors’ items such as a basketball signed by University of Arizona Wildcats coach Lute Olson.
Information: Contact auction chair Maureen McCarthy at 399-2821 or visit www.greenvalleyrotary.com for details.
UA immigration expert speaks at library today
A University of Arizona expert on immigration issues and its economic effects will be the guest speaker at a meeting at the Joyner-Green Valley Library at 2 p.m. today.
The forum is sponsored by the Border Issues Study Group of the American Association of University Women.
The speaker is Judith K. Gans, an adjunct professor and researcher at the UA’s Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy.
Among other things, she studied at the Udall Center on U.S. immigration in the global economy. Gans is also a trustee of the Woman’s Foundation of Southern Arizona.
There’s no charge for the meeting and talk.
Artists in Arivaca will host benefit Saturday
The Arivaca Artists Co-op is holding a fundraiser at 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at the Arivaca Community Center, 16012 W. Universal Ranch Road.
The event will feature food prepared by the artists and other residents, music by Dave and the Hayseeds, a silent auction and raffle of a mesquite bench and mesquite lamp and other work by the artists, plus prickly pear libations.
Admission is $5, which covers a raffle or drink ticket.
The 10 artists in the co-operative will display their work which includes watercolors, photography, tie-dye clothing, leather crafts, gift bags, soap and salves, carved mesquite animals and tile art.
Mary Scott, a member of the cooperative, said proceeds from the fund-raiser will help the co-op with rent costs, which have gone up 33 percent.
“We really appreciate our friends in Green Valley and hope they will come. We timed the event to make it convenient for them to come and get home before dark,” she said.
Information: Call Scott at 398-0022.
Chamber of Commerce seeks auction items
The Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce is asking local businesses to donate items to be auctioned at its Chamber benefit in April.
The third-annual Silent Auction, attended by more than 400 people last year, will be held April 25 at the Desert Diamond Casino.
Suggested items for donation are vacation get-aways, jewelry, golf packages, theatre tickets, works of art, or other items and services worth over $50.
Interested businesses are asked to contact auction coordinator Jennifer Proctor at (520)-269-9091.
Documentary plays at library Saturday
The documentary “Troubled Waters” will be shown Saturday at the Joyner-Green Valley Library at 9:30 a.m.
The film explores the issues of water shortage through the lens of faith and from the perspective of people in Bolivia, Malawi, the Middle East and the U.S. Southwest and Great Lakes who struggle daily to find access to clean, safe water.
Coffee and brownies will be provided and admission is free.
Information: Contact Alma Sychuk at 648-6416 or arizcasa@cox.net.
Benefits counselor helps vets in GV
Veterans Benefits Counselors are available to help veterans and their families seeking information or assistance with their benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
A Veterans Benefit Counselor will be in Green Valley on the third Thursday of each month at Friends in Deed (301 W. Camino Casa Verde) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This month, a counselor will be here March 20.
Veterans Benefits Counselors are also available Monday through Friday in Tucson.
Info,appointments: 207-4960.
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