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<strong>Desert</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> Junior Members<br />
Winter Holiday Party Re-Cap<br />
Santa arrived on a fire truck for the Winter Holiday Party<br />
on Saturday, December 16, and thirty children, ages two<br />
to eight, attended the party. Those at the party enjoyed many<br />
activities, including story time and pictures with Santa, arts<br />
and crafts and cookie decorating.<br />
Thank you to the City of Scottsdale Fire Department for<br />
providing Santa’s ride to the Sonoran <strong>Club</strong>house. Thank<br />
you also to everyone for donating toys for the Toys for Tots<br />
program. We can’t wait to see how Santa will arrive again<br />
next year!<br />
Meet our Newest Kool Kid<br />
William Bansberg<br />
Favorite Animal: Monkey<br />
Favorite Food: Pizza<br />
Favorite Movie/Show:<br />
Thomas the Tank Engine<br />
Favorite Activity: Swimming,<br />
Soccer, Baseball, Basketball<br />
& Football<br />
Favorite Place to Go: The park and the beach<br />
Favorite Toy: Trains<br />
What do you want to be when you grow up: Pilot of<br />
the space shuttle or a doctor<br />
What do you like best about living in DM: Playing<br />
at the park, with Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Saundra, and<br />
golfing with my dad!<br />
CLUB OPERATIONS<br />
Our Youth Activities Center - Then & Now<br />
Over the last 20 years, <strong>Desert</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong>’s youth activities<br />
have seen quite a few changes, not only in scope of<br />
programs offered but in physical space, too.<br />
The Youth Activities Center opened with the Sonoran<br />
<strong>Club</strong>house in August of 1993 in 150 sq. ft. The kid’s room<br />
was originally located inside the fitness center and was<br />
part of the fitness staff’s responsibility.<br />
During the expansion of the clubhouse in 1997, the<br />
Youth Activities Center was expanded to 300 sq. ft and<br />
expanded again in 2001 to 584 sq. ft. and moved into the<br />
current location. At that time, Geri Rivers and Amie<br />
Roberts created and organized recreation based programs<br />
for the children. The Wild Javelina <strong>Club</strong> was<br />
offered for one week during the summer, but golf and<br />
tennis were not included until later.<br />
Today, The Youth Activities Center offers a full range of<br />
programs for children ages two and older. All of the youth<br />
14<br />
programs are created around the school calendar, so<br />
there is always something to do when school is out of session.<br />
Programs include Parents’ Night Out, Tween Night,<br />
Junior Chef’s Cooking Classes, Wild Javelina <strong>Club</strong> Spring<br />
Break Camps, Summer Junior Olympic Camps, Winter<br />
Sports and Art Camps, Holiday Camps including Martin<br />
Luther King Jr., Labor Day, Memorial Day and more.<br />
Spectacular special events are also offered for the<br />
entire family, including the Father/Daughter and Mother/<br />
Son Sock Hop and Valentine’s Party in February, Spring<br />
Eggstravaganza in March, Halloween Party in October,<br />
Tiny Tot Turkey Trot in November, and a Winter Holiday<br />
Party in December.<br />
The programs have grown over the years and we have<br />
enjoyed watching the children grow every step of the way,<br />
too.<br />
FEBRUARY/MARCH YOUTH ACTIVITIES<br />
JUNIOR CHEF’S COOKING CLASS –VALENTINE’S DAY<br />
DELIGHTS<br />
When: Saturday, February 3, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
What: Join Chef Mark as he teaches us how to make delicious<br />
delights for Valentine’s Day. Children will also have<br />
fun as we sit together in the Sonoran Dining Room to<br />
enjoy our scrumptious Valentine’s Day treats.<br />
Reservations required 24 hours in advance through the<br />
Youth Activities Center (480) 595-4359 or e-mail<br />
yac@desertmt.com. Space is limited.<br />
Price: $35 per child<br />
Where: Sonoran <strong>Club</strong>house Dining Room<br />
Ages: Five and Older<br />
Reservations required. Call the Youth Activities Center for<br />
more information or to make a reservation (480) 595-<br />
4359 or e-mail yac@desertmt.com.<br />
FATHER/DAUGHTER & MOTHER/SON SWEETHEART SOCK<br />
HOP!<br />
When: Saturday, February 10, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.<br />
What: A 1950’s sweetheart sock hop for fathers & daughters<br />
and mothers & sons to dance the night away. We’ll<br />
decorate the Sonoran Dining Room in complete 1950’s<br />
style, offering a delicious dinner with all of your 50’s<br />
favorites including hamburgers, french fries or cheese<br />
fries, milkshakes, root beer floats and more. Everyone<br />
will have fun dressing up in poodle skirts, ponytails, and<br />
leather jackets. A live DJ will play your favorite oldies but<br />
goodies hits and prizes will be given away for games such<br />
as a hula-hoop contest, the hokey pokey, and limbo.<br />
Dinner and corsages/boutonnières are provided for each<br />
participant attending <strong>Desert</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong>’s first Father<br />
Daughter & Mother Son Sweetheart Sock Hop. Sweetheart<br />
pictures will be available for an additional fee.<br />
Price: $25.00++ per person<br />
Where: Sonoran <strong>Club</strong>house<br />
Ages: Four and Older<br />
Reservations required. Call the Youth Activities Center for<br />
more information or to make a reservation (480) 595-4359<br />
or e-mail yac@desertmt.com.<br />
TWEEN NIGHT – GAME NIGHT<br />
When: Saturday, February 17, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
What: Join us for an evening of crazy indoor and outdoor<br />
games, dinner, arts and crafts, prizes, a movie, and more!<br />
Come checkout our new game room created for the older<br />
kids equipped with an indoor basketball throw, fuse ball,<br />
air hockey, and dance revolution. *Bring a friend along<br />
for the fun!<br />
Price: $30 per child<br />
Where: Sonoran <strong>Club</strong>house<br />
Ages: Eight to Twelve years old<br />
Reservations required. Call the Youth Activities Center for
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