Things to do this week in Maricopa

12
The World's Largest Swim Lesson is Friday at Copper Sky.

The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson is just one of several events for kids this week in Maricopa, which also includes important meeting. For details on these listings and others, or to add your own, visit InMaricopa.com/Calendar.

SUNDAY
A Ray of Hope meeting of Narcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at Maricopa Community Church, 44977 W. Hathaway Ave.

MONDAY-FRIDAY

Ready For Life Summer Fun Program is 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m., an ARISE program for children at ACTS Center, 19756 N. John Wayne Parkway, Suite 108.

Camp Sol – Summer Camp for children with intellectual disabilities age 6-21 is 9 a.m.-noon at Maricopa Elementary School, 18150 N. Alterra Parkway.

Summer Kids’ Movie Series presents Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip at 9:30 p.m. this week at UltraStar Multi-tainment Center, 16000 N. Maricopa Road.

Summer Fun & Fitness at Maricopa Elementary School, 18150 N. Alterra Parkway, is for ages 5-12 and runs daily 1-5 p.m.

Summer Fun & Fitness at Saddleback Elementary School, 18600 N. Porter, is for ages 5-12 and runs daily 1-5 p.m.

Swim Lesson Level 1 is at 4 p.m. for ages 5-16 at Copper Sky Aquatic Center, 44345 W Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Maricopa Children’s Theatre Summer Camp for ages 5-14 is at 6 p.m. at Copper Sky Multigenerational Center, 44345 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

MONDAY
Graduation for The Streets Don’t Love You Back Lifeskills Intervention Program is at 4 p.m. at Maricopa/Stanfield Justice Court, 19955 N Wilson Ave.

Step’s Junk Funk/Desert Dance Theater is at 5:30 p.m. at Maricopa Public Library, 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road, part of the Summer Reading Program.

A Ray of Hope meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is at 7 p.m. at at Maricopa Community Church, 44977 W. Hathaway Ave.

TUESDAY
Coffee with Friends of the Maricopa Library starts at 1:30 p.m. at Maricopa Public Library, 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road.

City Council Work Session starts at 6 p.m. at Maricopa City Hall, 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza. Council will discuss their Work Plan for the year.

Plein Air Oil Pastel Class is at 6:30 p.m. for ages 18 and up at Central Arizona College – Maricopa Campus, 17945 N. Regent Drive.

City Council Regular Meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Maricopa City Hall, 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza. The agenda includes the budget and a construction project on Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway.

WEDNESDAY
Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board Meeting is at 6 p.m. at Maricopa Unified School District, 44150 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway.

THURSDAY
BLM Public Scoping Meeting is at 5:30 p.m. at Copper Sky Multigenerational Center, Multipurpose Room A, 45345 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The meeting is to evaluate the potential impacts related to reopening several closed routes in the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

A Ray of Hope meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is at 7 p.m. at Ak-Chin Social Services, 48227 W. Farrell Road.

FRIDAY

World’s Largest Swim Lesson returns to Maricopa from 9 to 11 a.m. at Copper Sky Aquatic Center, 44345 W Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Game Night for all ages is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Copper Sky Multigenerational Center,  44345 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.