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Lakes Turkey Trot
Lakes Fitness Event
Our third annual Turkey Trot is a 5k Run and 1 Mile Run/Walk and it's coming up on Saturday, November 30. Join us for a fun fitness event as we run or walk off those extra Thanksgiving calories. There will be medals for top winners of the 5K and 1 Mile Run/Walk per age category and prizes for best dressed Thanksgiving or Fall themed costumes.
Race entry fee? None, so please bring a food or pantry donation for St Mary’s Food Bank.
Check-in begins at 8:30 AM at the Lakes Clubhouse. Drop off food donation and pick up run bib. The 5k run starts at 8:50 AM and the 1 mile fun run/walk starts at 9:00 AM
Michelle Branton
Lakes Activities Committee
LWC Angel Tree
A small token of your care
Every year the Lakes Women’s Club places a tree in the lobby of the Beach and Tennis Club covered with tags bearing the names of children from nearby Tempe schools. Each name represents a child whose holiday might be greatly brightened by a small token of your care. This year, the LWC Angel Tree will be in the Clubhouse lobby from November 30 through December 16.
Please take a tag from the Angel Tree and buy a gift or gift card for a child whose name, age, and gender are indicated. Keep the tag together with the gift and return them to the Clubhouse with the tag on the outside of the gift so the name can be seen.
When you pick a tag from the tree, take it to the front desk so they can register your information in our Holiday Angel Tree log. Please bring your gift back to the Clubhouse no later than Monday, December 16 so the gifts can be delivered to the schools for the children before the holiday break.
Sponsored by the Lakes Women's Club
Light Up The Lakes Contest
Light it up, Lakes!
The Lakes Activities Committee will hold the annual Light Up The Lakes house lighting contest again this holiday season. Let's light up our beautiful neighborhood and bring on the holiday cheer! Start planning now to decorate your house.
Decorate your house from the front, from the lake, or both, but be sure to have it lit up and ready for viewing by the Committee on December 13 starting at 6 PM. There's no need to enter or register for the contest. The Committee will be driving and boating to take pictures of all the decorated houses in The Lakes. The photos will be posted on our Facebook page and in the Clubhouse for voting.
The contest will run from December 17 through January 2, 2025 and you can vote on FB, or at the Clubhouse. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and some honorable mentions, too.
Everyone can participate in one way or another either by displaying your holiday lights or by voting for your favorite display. All you need to do is follow and like on our Facebook page “The Lakes Life” and be a part of The Lakes holiday magic! You can also vote at the Beach and Tennis Club. More details to follow on our Facebook page and website.
Lakes Lighted Boat Parade
Lakes tradition
The Lakes Lighted Boat Parade is coming up on Saturday, December 21, brought to us again by the Acivities Committee. There will be lighted boats parading on all of our waterways, but there is no central, specific viewing location. Lakes residents are encouraged to find their own safe place to enjoy the parade with friends and neighbors.
All boat owners (pontoon, pedal, kayak, canoe) are encouraged to decorate their boats for the holidays and participate in The Lakes Lighted Boat Parade. Decorate your boats with lights and other holiday decorations powered by batteries and an inverter or generator.
Register at the Clubhouse, please no later than Friday, December 20. Every boat registered will receive a participant gift, so please register. There will also be BIG prizes for our top winners!
The Parade will be Saturday, December 21 starting at 6:30 PM and travelling all the waterways. Please remember to travel slowly on the right side of the channel, using marine rules. There’s no specific starting and stopping location. There will be judges on both the east and the west side of the lake, boaters, so all the waterways. Have fun and be creative! Questions? Call Maureen Harrison, 480.540.3029.
Submitted by Maureen Harrison for the Activities Committee
Book Club Features The River We Remember
Third Thursday of Each Month
Lakes residents are invited to attend the Lakes Book Club on Thursday, November 21 at 7 PM. We will be meeting upstairs at the Lakes Clubhouse. All are welcome to attend the discussion even if you have not read the book.
Charlotte Whitney will lead a discussion of The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger. This is much more than a murder mystery. This is the story of how we mend from unthinkable trauma, and a story of community with a deep reverence for setting. In post WW2 Minnesota, the story begins with a death. Possibly a suicide, possibly a murder. The story is about the living whose lives were touched by the deceased. It is a story about the effect of war on individuals.
The full Book Club schedule and contact information is on the Clubs page.
Every year the Lakes Women’s Club places a tree in the lobby of the Beach and Tennis Club covered with tags bearing the names of children from nearby Tempe schools. Each name represents a child whose holiday might be greatly brightened by a small token of your care. This year, the LWC Angel Tree will be in the Clubhouse lobby from November 30 through December 16. 
The Lakes Lighted Boat Parade is coming up on Saturday, December 21, brought to us again by the Acivities Committee. There will be lighted boats parading on all of our waterways, but there is no central, specific viewing location. Lakes residents are encouraged to find their own safe place to enjoy the parade with friends and neighbors.
Lakes residents are invited to attend the Lakes Book Club on Thursday, November 21 at 7 PM. We will be meeting upstairs at the Lakes Clubhouse. All are welcome to attend the discussion even if you have not read the book.