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SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

  It’s easy to shred, recycle and donate Nancy McCluskey-Moore Are you drowning in useless paper files and electronics? Pack up those unwanted items and bring them to the Shredding and Recycling Event on Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is full). The event, hosted by Long Realty-Golder Ranch,…

Help prevent hunger with the 20th Annual Food Drive

Nancy McCluskey-Moore On Saturday, March 17 SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) volunteers will be gathering donations of food and money to support the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) based in Mammoth. Please leave bagged food donations on your curb by 8:30 a.m. They will be collected by Volunteer Unit Captains and taken to the MountainView Clubhouse for…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

 SBCO Adopt-a-Family/Child for the Holidays update Ken and Ellen Perkins We wanted to provide everyone an update on the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Adopt-a-Child and Adopt-a-Family programs. We just returned from the snow and cold of New England where we spent the holidays with our family and our three grandchildren. Spending time with them reminds us…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach

Home Tour is around the corner Nancy McCluskey-Moore The annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) home tour will be held from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. This fundraising event helps SBCO support an ever-expanding group of programs benefiting youngsters in nearby communities. This year’s tour will focus on remodeled homes in SaddleBrooke. It’s…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Holiday food baskets delivered to our neighbors Nancy McCluskey-Moore The holidays just got a little brighter for many families in the Oracle and San Manuel area thanks to the efforts of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO). Just before Thanksgiving, SBCO delivered 50 holiday food baskets to area residents in need. Each basket was filled with the…

They came; they walked; they raised money!

  Nancy McCluskey-Moore Thanks to the efforts of 212 registered walkers, 21 corporate sponsors, seven individual sponsors and 32 hardworking volunteers, the 21st annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Walkathon on October 28 raised $10,592. Perfect weather and careful planning by the SBCO events committee helped ensure that everyone enjoyed the morning’s walk and hearty breakfast. This…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Volunteers from Unit 48 wrapped presents for the SBCO Adopt a Child program in 2016.

Adopt a Family/Child 2017 Ken and Ellen Perkins The economy continues to improve for most of the SaddleBrooke community, but there are still many people in need and many of them are children. During the past 12 years that we have been organizing this program, the residents of SaddleBrooke have been very generous in helping…

Support SBCO while shopping at Bashas

Nancy McCluskey-Moore There is an easy way for your grocery dollars to help improve the lives of needy children in local communities. Buy a Bashas’ Community Card at the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach office in Suite L at the mini-market complex on SaddleBrooke Boulevard. The office is open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach

Make a difference with a donation to SBCO SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) provides children with opportunities to succeed by supporting numerous programs that provide food, clothing and educational opportunities in nearby communities. Some of the programs we support with money and volunteer labor include: Kids’ Closet – provides new school clothing for children from Head…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Marlene Diskin, a resident of SaddleBrooke Ranch, helps a Teen Closet shopper determine how much money she has left to spend.

Teen Closet helps students dress in style Nancy McCluskey-Moore Since the summer of 2001, students between the ages of 13 and 18 have purchased new clothing and school supplies through the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Teen Closet. Students from San Manuel, Canada del Oro and Ironwood Ridge High Schools eagerly shop in Target and Ross…