Category: Clubs & Classes

British Club Ladies’ coffee and book exchange

Twink Gates-Zimdar, Publicity On Saturday, May 18, ten ladies of the British Club met for a coffee morning and book exchange at the home of Cindy O’Connell. It was a lovely spring morning with sunshine and blue skies and, as per usual, everyone enjoyed the camaraderie of friends, exchanging tales of family, travel plans and…

Pathfinders looking for board member

The Arizona Historical Society’s oldest auxiliary organization, Pathfinders, is looking for a board member with financial experience to help manage its new endowment fund. Meetings are monthly, September-May, on the first Monday. More information and inquiries should be sent to Mary Lee Fitzgerald, [email protected] or you can call Bob Stuart at 520-825-4239.

Friday Quilters’ charitable work is never done

Varda Main Quilters create quilts to bring joy and warmth to their family, friends and those in need. There are many ways that quilt clubs participate in charitable work. For the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters, it is more like “let me count the ways.” Kris Prass and Janette Volz are the Friday Quilters Community co-chairs. They,…

Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge awards scholarships

Pat Cox The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks National Foundation recognizes top high school graduates from across the country with $2.5 million in scholarship awards. The scholarships are awarded based upon the student’s academic achievements, leadership skills, extracurricular activities, participation in community services and financial need. Within the southern district alone, there are 34…

Help our local veterans in need

The award winning American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring its tenth annual charity golf tournament Saturday, August 31, at “The Views” in Sun City, Oro Valley. One hundred percent of the proceeds are to provide care and assistance to local homeless and at-risk veterans and to the families of the deployed soldiers of…

Spanish Culture Club news

Gail Blizard Word for the day: tacos (no translation needed!) Our May meeting was a party – a taco party, that is! An energetic team of club members, led by the always creative MaryJo Swartzberg, set out a feast and provided entertainment that made us want to shout, “¡Olé!” If memory serves correctly, a few…

MOAA members attend military interment ceremony

Several members of the Catalina Mountains Satellite (Tucson) Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America MOAA) attended the interment ceremony for indigent and homeless veterans at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Marana Arizona on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Seventeen cremains of Veterans who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and…

Mondays are for ballroom dance lessons

Wanda Ross Looking for a cool activity to do inside this summer? How about taking ballroom dance lessons in the nicely air-conditioned Mariposa Room at DesertView? Lessons will be held on Mondays throughout the summer. These are in addition to the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club’s usual Wednesday dance lessons. Have you taken lessons before, either…

Inner and outer art of Tai Chi

Tai Chi is well known for its beautiful flowing movements and many health benefits. Less well known is the inner component of Tai Chi that makes the smooth peaceful flow and many health benefits possible. Most teachers start by teaching beginning students the physical postures and sequence with minimal, if any, instruction in the inner…