Janet Fabio Expand your usual reading boundaries with these enticing selections from your SaddleBrooke Community Libraries: Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 is a gripping novel by Phoenix author and former flight attendant T.J. Newman. Her first novel, Falling, is another edge-of-your-seat thriller that’s going to be a movie. Don’t read these two books if you…
Join us in forming our brand-new SaddleBrooke Lions Club by becoming a charter member. Participate with us in serving our community as Lions by becoming a charter member of the newest Lions Club in Arizona. Email us at saddlebrookelionsclub@gmail.com or visit our SaddleBrooke Lions Club Facebook page facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094183383708 for more information.
Nancy McCluskey-Moore If you have donated items to the Golden Goose Thrift Shop in Catalina, bought something from its ever-changing inventory, or worked at the shop as one of its “gosling” volunteers, then you have helped make a difference in the lives of many local residents. The beloved Goose helps fund two community-based nonprofits: SaddleBrooke…
Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge 2815 had a month-long food drive focused on canned tomatoes. Elks Lodge members donated 323 pounds of product to the IMPACT of Southern Arizona Food Bank.
Roger Mastro, scholarship chair, Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge, has shepherded the scholarships for the Arizona Elks Association and Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship Awards. This year, we are proud to recognize six soon-to-be college/university freshmen as recipients of one $4,000 Elks National Foundation (ENF) Scholarship and five $2,000 Arizona Elks Association Scholarship (AEAS)…
Marcy Vernon Our various pet charities are always in need and are always thankful for your donations. Please consider dropping off any of the items listed below. Cash donations are also accepted and appreciated. The drop-off location is at the SaddleBrooke One bocce ball courts on the first Friday of every month. May through September drop-off hours…
SBCO Enrichment Grants Bring Summer Fun to Local Kids Nancy McCluskey-Moore Did your childhood include visits to summer camp? For many of us, these trips into the “wilderness” provided opportunities to try new activities and experience life away from home. Triangle YMCA Ranch Camp in Oracle offers local kids a week filled with archery, horseback…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore On Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. in the DesertView Theater, the Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) lecture will feature Kristopher Driggers, Ph.D., associate curator of Latin American Art at the Tucson Museum of Art (TMA). In Inka culture, the Quechua word “cumbi” described exquisite textiles that were among the finest works ever produced in…
Tim Gaule Eleven Men from The Preserve took a break from the heat and enjoyed lunch on June 29. As usual, The Preserve staff provided great service and a delicious menu selection. Our group meets at The Preserve every other month and at an area restaurant during the remaining months. To receive regular notices about…
As the Jewish community prepares for the 5784 High Holidays, the Institute for Judaic Services and Studies (IJSS) invites all members and nonmembers of the Jewish community to gather for a potluck. Let us celebrate each other and the coming of the High Holidays. We wish to gather together, make new friends, rediscover friends, share experiences…