Tag: SaddleBrooke Troop Support

Knit Wits hosts baby shower

Beth Bradford, Georgiann Schwetz and Dianne Resseguie admire one table of baby donations.

Carol Chiarello Our sixth annual SaddleBrooke Troop Support Baby Shower was held in February. Knit Wits members were very busy knitting and crocheting items for the baby baskets that would be created for Tucson military families. Georgiann Schwetz coordinated this event along with Beth Bradford, Chairman of SaddleBrooke Troop Support. Our items included 75 blankets,…

Knit Wits news

Members visit the Family First store in Oracle.

Carol Chiarello Who are the Knit Wits? They are your friends and neighbors who are active and playing golf, tennis, pickleball, softball, putting, line dancing, volunteering and keeping busy. But they also keep their fingers and minds busy knitting (and crocheting) other times, like riding in a car, or waiting for a meal to be…

Baby Shower for SaddleBrooke Troop Support

Baby items donated for SaddleBrooke Troop Support

Beth Bradford The residents of SaddleBrooke are generous with their time, talents and donations. SaddleBrooke Troop Support has been a beneficiary of their generosity and this has helped our troops and their families. Saturday, February 11, the Villas 2 of SaddleBrooke held a baby shower along with a Valentine Brunch and collected many baby outfits,…

STS introduces new VA Coordinators

Diane and Mike Buckley. Photo by T.J. Duffy.

D. A. “Bo” Nanna SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) welcomes Diane and Mike Buckley as the new Veterans Administration (VA) Coordinators for the organization. Both Diane and Mike retired from the Air Force, each having served for 20 years, and have lived in SaddleBrooke for over eight years. STS stalwart Barb Carter recruited her own replacements…

Sunrise Rotary Club hosts SaddleBrooke Troop Support

President George Bidwell and Publicity Chair Bo Nanna

Doug Sweetland On July 28, the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club hosted representatives of the SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) at its weekly meeting. Attending from the STS were George Bidwell, president and Bo Nanna, publicity chair. Mr. Bidwell shared the history in the formation of the organization with the start in 2005. Initially the organization was…

Barb Carter – outstanding STS volunteer

Barb Carter with plaque honoring her for the Baby Basket program and her contributions to the 162nd Airborne

Diane Mazzarella For the past ten years, Barb Carter has been key to SaddleBrooke Troop Support’s (STS) efforts on behalf of the veterans served by the Tucson VA and Blind Rehabilitation Center as well as countless young military families in the area. At the February STS board meeting, Barb announced her retirement from these activities…