APRILJanet McNaught 4/3Ruth Lim 4/6Carol Neri 4/12Allen Ford 4/17Linda Batte 4/27

MAYVee Flemmer 5/1Ellen Peck 5/3Ruth Anderson 5/3Denise Ingel 5/9Maureen Kartchner 5/12Nancy Nuss 5/20Sylvia Winborn 5/20Selena Stevenson 5/26Cecilia White 5/28

JUNEMargaret Newton 6/3Nancy Phail 6/7Julia Lozano 6/12Beverly Bolton 6/14Esther Spear 6/19Vangie Song 6/25Judy McMullen 6/26

Dear Friends,2018 is already whirling by! We had a very busy March, especially with our fearless leader Susan Patterson away on a service trip to Vietnam I am thankful for each one of you, and especially those who do extra shifts to help care for our patrons when we are short-staffed We are looking forward to an exciting next few months as we wrap up our Foundation shows and enter the summer rental event season YOU are the ones who keep Chandler Center going Thank you!

Sharon LaRue, House Manager

Happy Birthday

Congratulations to Chelsea…and FarewellChelsea Payton, one of our Assistant House Managers, was married in late February to R J Reichhard, who worked concessions at Chandler Center the past year Most of us were not able to attend since the wedding was the same night as Black Violin! We did manage to get a few photos of the celebration to share with you It looks like they had a fun evening!

Chelsea and R J are taking a delayed honeymoon this summer in Europe, and are making plans for their future together With that in mind, Chelsea gave her notice at Chandler Center to focus on her new adventures as a married woman! We wish her and R J all the best!

Important Friends’ DatesOrientation Training: Saturday, May 12th 9:00 - 11:30 a m

Quarterly Meeting & Potluck: Tuesday, June 12th 5:00 - 7:00 p m

Fire Evacuation Training: Tuesday, June 19th 4:00 - 6:00 p m

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Spring 2018

CCA Friend RecognitionsPlease join us in congratulating all our Chandler 100 Volunteer Recognition nominees:

Ruth Anderson, Jeanette Bassett, Jim Gould, GarWen Jackson, Janet McNaught, Molly Solares and Lois Zozobrado

Special congratulations go to Lois Zozobrado who performed at the

event and was the winner of the Youth Award. Great job, Lois!

Other Volunteer NewsFriends’ volunteer and Steering Committee member Jim Gould has a granddaughter who is quite the local celebrity! Young Charlotte is the entrepreneur and philanthropist behind Stiches by Charlotte, creating dolls specifically for children undergoing medical procedures and surgeries She was featured on Fox News recently Way to go Charlotte! And congrats to proud grandpa Jim!

Friends CareIt is always nice to hear from your friends when you have great news to celebrate, sad news to share or when you are out due to illness Friends’ volunteer GarWen Jackson is our Friends Care Coordinator, and she has many of you on the “care team” who send out cards to fellow volunteers This is a great way to let others know you are thinking about them, and it really makes a difference! During the terrible cold and flu season this past winter, I received this note to pass along to all of you:

“I’d like to thank all my Volunteer friends for the cards you sent while I was fighting the worst cold of my life (that I can ever remember). They really cheered me up when I was feeling so down.

Thanks, and I really missed working with all of you.” - Barbara Troia

If you would like to help GarWen with sending out cards as part of the “care team,” please let her know!

Isn’t The Circus Over Yet?!A note of thanks from our Assistant Manager:

I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge all of the efforts, big and small, from the staff who worked to make this year’s Zoppe circus the most successful one ever. It is truly a team effort to pull off an event of this size and complexity. I can’t thank all of you enough for all of your hard work, ingenuity, and overall good cheer despite long days, the flu/cold season, and yet another year of circus music. :)

Again, thank you all for an overwhelmingly great run.

Terri Rettig Assistant Manager Chandler Center for the Arts

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Usher Tips & Hints — Molly’s TipsBENEFITS OF HAVING A HOBBYHobbies encourage taking a break, with a purpose! Feel productive while doing something you enjoy Hobbies promote eustress - a positive kind of stress that makes you feel excited about what you’re doing and about life Hobbies offer a new challenge and break up routine, and challenge you to open your mind to new ways of seeing the world and keeping your mind sharp Hobbies also have physical health benefits - lower blood pressure, less weight gain, higher levels of positive psychosocial states and lower levels of depression Sign up for a class, or join a hobby activity with a friend Keep an open mind and be willing to try new things Volunteering at CCA provides all the positive physical and psychological benefits of a hobby as well as making new friends, and much more!

CCA Staff Gives BackSee if you can pick out the faces of our CCA staff in this photo from a special work day in February! Thanks to everyone who helped transform Navarette Park in February My hope today was that each of us would expand our view of Community Services beyond our own division and see the larger team that we play a role in We accomplished this

Our department provides services and programs that reach into every home in Chandler For those living in those homes, we are the faces of our City And as you can see in this photo, our faces are wonderful!

For all you do, every day, all year long, you will be in my heart forever

Brenda Brown Community Services Director City of Chandler

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