Category: September 2024

Clothing Donations to the Golden Goose

Charlotte James The Golden Goose Thrift Shop accepts and picks up clothing donations. The Goose gifts 100% of its profits to IMPACT of Southern Arizona (formerly Catalina Community Services) and SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, two nonprofit charities providing services to local children, families, and seniors. Clothing is the number-one seller at the Golden Goose! Clothing donations…

‘Critters in the Brooke’ Presentation

Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to attend our Community Education presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke Ranch Sol Ballroom, 31143 S. Amenity Drive, Oracle, Ariz. Join us for this free presentation on “Critters in the Brooke.” Living in Arizona provides an opportunity to enjoy…

Senior Village at SaddleBrooke – September 2024

Three Great Reasons to Donate Linda Hampton, Executive Director, Senior Village at SaddleBrooke Donating to Senior Village at SaddleBrooke, a Neighbors Helping Neighbors 501(c)(3) organization, offers several compelling reasons beyond the immediate impact on the community. Here are three key reasons why supporting this cause is good for your neighbors and good for you: Firstly,…

Wellness Integrated Network: Are You Looking for Other Options?

Barbara Barr Bengen Join the Wellness Integrated Network (WIN) on Friday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. in the DesertView Performing Arts Center to learn about other options. Whether you have acute or chronic pain, concussion or brain injury, sports injuries, Alzheimer’s, trauma recovery, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease, menopause, surgery recovery, issues with Lyme…

Registration Now Open for 26th Annual SBCO Walk for Kids!

Nancy McCluskey-Moore It’s time to register for the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Walk for Kids. The Walk will begin with a warm-up session at 8:40 a.m., followed by the walk at 9 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 26. This signature SBCO event helps support our food, clothing, enrichment, and education programs benefiting youngsters along a 100-plus-mile…

Donating the Right Stuff!

Marcy Vernon Thank you to the many SaddleBrooke residents who have been contributing clean, empty pill bottles that are free of labels and adhesive substances to be repurposed for animal shelters. Every week, a volunteer collects the bottles from the bin at Mezzabyte computer store in the SaddleBrooke convenience center to be delivered to the…

That Was Then, This Is Now

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg The year was 1934—90 years ago. The stock market crash of 1929 resulted in a downward spiraling of the economy, leading to the Great Depression. Jobs were in short supply, and food was hard to come by. The era of The Great Gatsby (published in 1925) was over, and the anthem…