Karen Brungardt, President, SBFAG The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild (SBFAG) has started up art classes again! Even though our selection is more limited at this time due to the current pandemic, we have an interesting selection of classes offered. As always, full class descriptions are available on our website along with registration forms. All classes…
Category: September 2020
Generals, September 2020
14th Annual Autism Virtual Walk & Interactive Resource Fair
Autism Society of Southern Arizona Innovative and Interactive Virtual Online Experience The Autism Society of Southern Arizona will host the 14th Annual Autism Virtual Walk & Interactive Resource Fair on Saturday, September 26. This year’s event will be a virtual online experience featuring our opening ceremonies and online resource fair with exhibitors. Participants are encouraged…
Front Page, September 2020
New Fun Steps and Practice Make Good Friends
Sandy Gianotti Step-lock-step, jazz box, shuffle, cross vine, rock recover, scissor step, rocking chair, sugar foot, serpentine, mambo and the list goes on. If you have never line danced (and like myself always wanted to) or have been for many years, SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) provides the opportunity to dance as much as you…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Silver Belles Gotta Dance
Michele Gildner The Silver Belles roared into 2020 ready to dance, with a slate of scheduled spring performances and a few new, flattering and fun additions to our costume wardrobes. Alas, spring performances never happened; all was put on hold, including our twice-weekly practices. Sheltering-in-place meant solitary home dancing practice at best. Or wearing the…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Back to the Garden
Sheilah Britton September is like a sigh of relief in the desert. Temperatures begin to fall, nights take on soft breezes, and we slowly return to spending more time outdoors in the middle of the day. While we can’t count on everyday being mild, the shorter daylight hours assure us that we are on our…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Bereavement Group Continues to Help
Dolores Robu The SaddleBrooke Bereavement Group has been providing help for those who have experienced a loss since 2007. We have met in the Coyote room of SaddleBrooke One, every Sunday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. With the onset of COVID-19, the face to face group had to stop meeting in March. We were stunned…
Generals, September 2020
Employee Appreciation in SaddleBrooke TWO Is a Tradition
Roger Swett At this point in the year it’s time, once again, to start thinking about showing our gratitude to the SaddleBrooke TWO employees for their hard work and dedication to our community. In spite of the many challenges this year, our employees have been steadfast in performing their duties with incredible professionalism. Many of…
Generals, September 2020
SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network
Monthly Pick Up Program Change Karyle Steele Over the last five years, our monthly pick up program of pet items and linens has grown substantially. As a result, we no longer have the resources to handle the volume of donations in an efficient manner. Therefore, we are asking residents to drop off their donations. The…
Generals, September 2020
Stuff the Bus
Crystle Nehrmeyer, Superintendent It is time for the annual Stuff the Bus event to benefit the students at Mountain Vista PreK-8 School in the Oracle Elementary School District! When: Saturday, September 26, 2020, in SaddleBrooke Time: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Where: Minit Market parking lot in SaddleBrooke on September 26 Due to COVID-19, we are in great need…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Stroke/Neurological Support Group: We Are Here for You
Esta Goldstein It’s now been five months since we had to stop meetings due to the COVID-19 closing of all meeting rooms here in SaddleBrooke. We have all been trying to protect ourselves from contracting the virus. Doing this has isolated many of us caring for those with Alzheimers, MS, Dementia, Stroke, ALS, Parkinson’s, PDP, and…