The SaddleBrooke Health Fair Planning Committee (SBHFPC) is accepting applications for funds to be used towards community projects that have an emphasis on health and wellness. Periodically, the SBHFPC provides funding towards health and wellness-related projects that benefit the SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO communities. Examples of prior awards include a chair lift for the…
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August 2025, Generals
Unit Happenings – August 2025
Unit Two Happy Hour at the Agave On July 17 Unit Two hosted another Happy Hour at the SaddleBrooke One Agave. There were more than 32 attendees. It was a great time as we met up with our neighbors and got to know more of them. It was hamburger night, and we had a lot…
August 2025, Generals
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings – August 2025
Is Your House a Candidate for the Annual SBCO Home Tour? Nancy McCluskey-Moore Each year SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) hosts a tour of remodeled homes designed to show SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents changes that may inspire their own home improvements. This event helps SBCO inform both communities about its food, clothing, enrichment, and educational…
August 2025, Generals
ILR Has Three New Instructors
Joan Elder SaddleBrooke Lifelong Learning (formerly known as The Institute for Learning in Retirement, or ILR) has three new instructors with three new classes scheduled for the first session of fall classes. Dan Kaperski, who has over 50 years’ experience in all aspects of electrical system design, operation, and management, will be teaching International Electric…
August 2025, Generals
What Do You Know About Making Wine?
Ann Vernon Maybe not as much as you think! Recently, eight guests were treated to an incredible immersion into the world of wine by David and Kathleen Eaton, owners of a boutique winery located in The Preserve. The Eatons, formerly from Seattle, walked their guests through the entire operation as they sipped on a Petite…
August 2025, Generals
SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network – August 2025
The Importance of Microchipping Your Pets Romayne Trudo Microchipping pets is a crucial step in responsible pet ownership, offering permanent identification that dramatically increases the chances of being reunited with a lost animal. Benefits of microchipping include: • Permanent, tamper-proof identification: Collars and tags can fall off or be removed. • Increased reunion rates: 72%…
August 2025, Generals
Senior Village at SaddleBrooke – August 2025
Carol Levine Loves What She’s Doing Sinclair Browning Carol Levine loved her 30 years of teaching high school English in New Jersey, and after she retired, she found she really missed it. Fortunately for Senior Village, when she became one of our early volunteers in 2016, she brought that passion with her, and it continues…
August 2025, Generals
Reading in Red, White, and Blue
Renee Mazin It’s been hot and dry. It has been so hot and dry that the best and safest place to view fireworks this year is on your television screen. Are you missing that red, white, and blue spirit? SaddleBrooke Libraries are coming to the rescue. These books are red, white, and blue! They may…
August 2025, Generals
Lockbox 411
Laura Anderson and Edie Cussick New to SaddleBrooke? New to lockboxes? Here are some helpful tips you may not have considered. If you have recently purchased a home with an existing lockbox, you must have the correct house key in the lockbox. Having a lockbox saves time for first responders to deliver aid in the…
August 2025, Generals
Building Healthy Soils and Organic Gardening
The University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension, Pinal County Southeast Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to our Community Education Presentation on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke Ranch Sol Ballroom, 31143 S. Amenity Drive, Oracle, AZ 85623. Join us for a presentation on “Building Healthy Soils and Organic Gardening.” Do you…