Category: Generals

Rescue Bangles are hot, hot, hot!

Rescue Bangles make great gifts while also supporting a good cause.

Carol Poole Rescue Bangles are flying off the shelf at SaddleBrooke Drug and Tortoise and the Hair, having earned a little more than $400 for the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network. The Network’s mission is to facilitate adoptions, volunteer at shelters and events and fundraise to pay medical and shelter needs. We could not have been…

Did you know?

Gwen Lewis Eight daily habits and how they affect the life expectancy of the average American: 1. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day takes seven to eight years off your life. 2. Having one drink a day actually increases your life expectancy by about a year. But every additional drink per day decreases it…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings – October 2014

Judy Williams, co-director of Kids’ Closet

Thanksgiving Food Bank Nan Nasser SaddleBrooke Community Outreach will once again prepare Thanksgiving food baskets for eligible families in the Oracle area. We expect to assemble 30 baskets for families at Mountain Vista School as well as people at the Mountain Health and Wellness Center also in Oracle. These baskets include a turkey, stuffing, cranberry…

Confused and overwhelmed? Medicare Seminar October 21

Help: these decisions are overwhelming!

Don Jensen Confused and Overwhelmed? A Medicare Seminar will be held October 21; encore presentation if you missed September’s Health Night Out! Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 to December 7. With 40 Medicare Advantage plans, 11 Medicare Supplement plans (also known as Medigap plans), and 50 prescription drug plans to choose from, how can…

Jeep Raffle – last chance to buy a ticket

Nan Nasser October is the final month in which you can buy a raffle ticket from SaddleBrooke Community Outreach with the opportunity to win a 2014 new Jeep Cherokee. Wouldn’t you look good behind that steering wheel? Jim Click Automotive Team has made a limited number of raffle tickets available to 501c3 charities in its…

Institute or Learning in Retirement – October 2014

Meet the Instructors: Dr. Sandy McNabb Ken Marich The ILR is pleased to welcome Sandy McNabb as a member of our faculty. Sandy has an international career, including university professor and Internet Technologist and Telecommunications executive. She lived in England, Belgium, and Germany and for seven years in Egypt where she obtained a firsthand view…

SASO November Concert to feature guest conductor

Punch Howarth Mr. Pezone will guest conduct the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra on November 8 at SaddleBrooke. He hails from Latina, Italy, where he studied piano and organ. In Rome he was a student of liturgical music and conducting. In Italy he has conducted the Corelli Chamber Orchestra, the orchestras of Teatre San Severo and…

Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries – October 2014

DeGrazia’s Children Dancing

DeGrazia: The Man and the Myth – November 19 and 20 Mary Kopp The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is hosting two events in November featuring the life and work of noted Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia. A lecture about DeGrazia is set for 4:00 p.m., November 19 in the MountainView East Ballroom. DeGrazia biographer James W.…

From your Events Committee at SaddleBrooke One

October is Health and Wellness Month here at SaddleBrooke One. All month long we will be partnering with nutritionist Nancy Teeter, a SaddleBrooke resident, to help create some of our feature menu items. We will be showcasing ways to enjoy nutritious foods without having to sacrifice taste and creativity. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN),…

Upcoming events at SaddleBrooke One

Dave Bishow October and November are very exciting months for us here at SaddleBrooke One. We have been working very hard to partner with local and national groups to bring some great promotions to our clubhouse. October is Health and Wellness Month here at SaddleBrooke One. All month long we will be partnering with nutritionist…