For the women of the Quail Run Ladies 9-Hole Golf League, life is more than swinging a golf club, having fun in the sun or enjoying the camaraderie of team play; it is also about helping others.

With the approach of a long hot summer, few think about going back to school, but one group not only thought about it, they embraced it by donating school supplies to students in the Aguila School System. The golfers were determined to do their part to help the students in kindergarten through eighth-grade. Aguila has a school community of about 150 students and people there live a hardscrabble life in a farming community dependent upon cantaloupe agriculture.

Working with the Sun City Posse, the Quail Run golfers donated hundreds of school supply items, including book bags, along with more than $400 that will be used to buy either more school supplies or school clothes for the students.

“I am very pleased with the ladies of the Quail Run golf league,” said the league’s President Tina Hancox. “They again showed their generosity by buying school supplies and giving monetarily to the Sun City Posse’s drive for the children of Aguila.”

For years, the Posse, along with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, has appealed to the residents of Sun City to provide supplies during its school supply push and toys for the Aguila Christmas Fund drive held each year in November and December. And each year, those fundraisers have been a success.

While the Quail Run Ladies 9-Hole Golf League kicked off the drive, the Posse’s School Supply drive officially begins in June. Each year the Posse asks that supplies be delivered to Posse headquarters, at 10861 Sunland Blvd., or its satellite office, at 10415 W. Grand Ave.

Posse Cmdr. Sarah Davis recently met with the Quail Run Ladies 9-Hole Golf League to thank them for their commitment to the drive.

“I am truly impressed with the all that you have done and for kicking off this year’s school supply drive,” she said. “The Posse has been blessed with the generosity and commitment of Sun City residents to make life a little bit easier for some deserving young people, so thank you.”

In addition to book bags, other supplies needed include spiral notebooks, pens and pencils, three-ring binders, crayons, glue, markers, scissors, composition books and paper and more. There is an endless list and the Posse asks that Sun City residents open their hearts and their wallets and make a difference in a child’s life.

The Quail Run Ladies 9-hole Golf League has a history of commitment to others. Their most recent project was to raise food and money for the Hart Pantry, an agency whose goal is “Helping at Risk Teens.”

According to its brochure, Hart Pantry is a faith-based nonprofit community outreach program serving the West Valley. The agency provides weekend food bags for teens as well as snack bags for daily use. They also supply back packs and school supplies along with new and gently new clothing. They refurbish and donate bicycles and provide Christmas and graduation gifts to those who might not otherwise receive them.