SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) has received a $15,000 grant from The Safeway Foundation to benefit Tucson area active duty and retired military and their families. At a March 23 Grand Reopening ceremony of the store at 10380 E. Broadway in Tucson, the Safeway Foundation announced grants to STS and three other organizations. Following the Presentation…
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…
The SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) Dinner Dance was held on November 13 at MountainView’s Ballroom with over 100 people in attendance to enjoy the dinner, entertainment and dancing. To start the festivities, Joyce Sutay introduced the special guests at the head table, Marine Colonel (ret.) Charlie Carr and his wife, two active duty Marines and…
Bob Edelblut The annual MPMGA Club Championship was played November 11 and 12 at The Preserve and MountainView courses, respectively. A field of 94 players filled nine flights grouped by tee choice and handicap. The overall winner club champion would be the player who recorded the lowest gross score for the two day event while…
SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) is active throughout the year, providing food to the military food banks in the area to support our troops. In addition to the trunk loads of canned goods and other non-perishable items delivered to the food banks every month, in October, STS donated $500 worth of $20 Fry’s gift cards to…
Diane Mazzarella SaddleBrooke Troop Support volunteers and donors continued a high level of activity over the summer months. Some highlights: * A major automotive group donated tickets for the November 13 Dinner Dance for program speaker Colonel and Mrs. Carr and two U.S. Marine representatives and their guests and is sending four associates to the…
This year’s SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) Dinner Dance has a new dimension. In addition to entertainment by Dick Police, a Vietnam veteran who will DJ and play sax, providing dance music from the 50s to the 90s, the program will feature U.S. Marine Colonel (retired) Charlie Carr. Following the sold-out Conversation with Two American Heroes…
SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) continues its good works for the military, both active duty and veterans. Your donations support many ongoing projects that supply food and clothing to those in need. Every month STS purchases food items worth $300 and delivers them along with any donated food to three military food banks in the Tucson…
This year’s SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) Dinner Dance has a new dimension. In addition to entertainment by Dick Police, a Vietnam veteran who will DJ and play sax, providing dance music from the 50s to the 90s, the program will feature U.S. Marine Colonel (retired) Charlie Carr. Following the sold out Conversation with Two American…
Jay Clayton Wilson Marty, a California aerospace engineer who tested scientific satellites for a living, found his way to Tucson where he played tennis until a second knee replacement ended his tennis playing days. Significantly, this Chicago boy has always been devoted to volunteering, first as an AARP tax counselor and then as a math…