Unit Happenings – January 2025

Preserve Ladies Who Lunch

Cyclemasters Tour de Tucson

SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild – January 2025

They came; they walked; they raised money!

  Nancy McCluskey-Moore Thanks to the efforts of 212 registered walkers, 21 corporate sponsors, seven individual sponsors and 32 hardworking volunteers, the 21st annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Walkathon on October 28 raised $10,592. Perfect weather and careful planning by the SBCO events committee helped ensure that everyone enjoyed the morning’s walk and hearty breakfast. This…

Holiday grief

Mark Adams When you have lost a loved one all holidays can be painful, but we are coming in to the season of the biggest holidays, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas and New Year’s, that are usually the most difficult for those who were left to grieve. Grief is intensified now since all cultures promote that people…

Pickleball volunteers make all the difference

  Andrea Molberg SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) has 763 members, a sign of the tremendous popularity of this sport and the friendliness of players on the courts. Not HOA financed, pickleball funding comes from dues and donations. SPA volunteers like Sue Diericks donate their time. Every club relies on its members to volunteer and often…

Friday Quilters supports STS and veterans

Michael Buckley The SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters Group recently made 15 patriotic quilts and gave them to SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) for presentation to the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. These beautiful self-designed and homemade quilts are draped over the body of a veteran that dies in the Southern Arizona VA Hospital or extended care…

The MPMGA Club champ for 2017 is Bob Elder

Bob Edelblut The MPMGA played its Club Championship this year on November 8 and 9. On day one the competition took place at The Preserve Golf Club and on day two it shifted to the MountainView Golf Club. This year the field was 76 players and they were assigned to a flight based primarily on…