We borrowed the Impact truck in order to make the deliveries to San Carlos in one trip; left to right, the truckers are Joe Murdock, Ellen Perkins, Sam Carmen and David Wisniewski.
Adopt a Child 2015
Ken and Ellen Perkins
At our summer home in Vermont, the leaves are beginning to turn and there is a nip in the air. That tells us that it is time to return to SaddleBrooke and make plans for the annual SBCO Adopt a Family for the Holidays project. We have been watching the heartbreaking news stories about families in the Middle East who are suffering great hardship to find a safe place to raise their children. They are truly in need of help and their plight just seems to get worse with each passing day. But please don’t forget that there are many children in need right in our area. Unfortunately, with unemployment near 80% on the San Carlos Reservation, Apache Indian children have been severely impacted. Once again we would like to spread some joy to these children during the holidays.
To simplify the administration and allow for a clearer division of labor, we have decided to separate the Adopt a Child project from the Adopt a Family project. For those who wish to adopt individual children, SBCO Adopt a Child identifies needy children from the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Most of the children are of elementary and middle school age and will be identified by Tribal Social Services agents, school teachers and school counselors.
The suggested donation is $60 to $70 per child with roughly half of that spent for a special gift or toy and the other half spent on durable play clothes (The children are all very needy.) If you want to shop for the child yourself we will provide you with a list of clothing sizes and the child’s wishes.
Last year the SBCO Adopt a Child project provided gifts for 190 Apache children on the San Carlos Reservation. If your unit wasn’t involved last year, but would like to participate this year, please call for additional information. It’s fun and very rewarding! There is no overhead charge for this project so 100% of gifts and cash donations go to needy families and children.
We would like to invite any and all of you to join us in this worthy cause. We need donations and we also need help with shopping, wrapping and delivery. We think you will find shopping with a friend for the things that the children have requested can be both fun and rewarding. Please join us in this journey which is guaranteed to fill you with the holiday spirit!
We are out of town for the summer but please let us know if you can help. You can reach us by email at [email protected] or by cell phone at 520-300-1092.
Nutcrackers everywhere! Photo by Ken Siarkiewicz
Holiday home tour
Nan Nasser
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, Inc. will hold its Holiday Home Tour and Boutique on Sunday, December 6. The boutique will feature handmade items created by local residents and will be held at Suite L in the commercial center on SaddleBrooke Boulevard from noon until 6:00 p.m.
The home tour will begin at 1:00 p.m., ending at 5:00 p.m. Brochures and maps will be available that day beginning at 12:30 p.m. (at Suite L). There will be several highly decorated Christmas homes and one featuring Hanukah decorations and potato pancakes. The cost of the tour is $15 per person with all proceeds going to SBCO programs for needy children in neighboring communities.
The photo is of six nutcrackers at one home that has more nutcrackers than I ever knew existed! They are in the form of a quilt, ornaments, guards at the bar in the family room and watchmen all over the home! Join us for a fun filled afternoon, enjoy the decorations, share some refreshments and visit the boutique.
A gathering of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Adopt a Family volunteers from Unit 49. Photo courtesy of Marge Wong.
Adopt a Family 2015
Ken and Ellen Perkins
At our summer home in Vermont the leaves are beginning to turn and there is a nip in the air. That tells us that it is time to return to SaddleBrooke and make plans for the annual SBCO Adopt a Family for the Holidays project. We watch the heartbreaking news stories about families in the Middle East who are suffering great hardship to find a safe place to raise their children. They are truly in need of help and their plight just seems to get worse with each passing day. But we can’t forget that there are many children in need right in our area. While for most of us the economy is much improved there are still many people in need and many of them are children. Once again we would like to spread some joy to these children during the holidays. During the past ten years that we have been organizing this program, the residents of SaddleBrooke have been most generous in helping us to make wishes come true for disadvantaged children and we hope that will be the case again this year.
We work closely with the three elementary schools in Oracle, San Manuel and Mammoth to ensure that the families are residents of the town and are needy. The suggested donation is $60 to $70 per child with roughly half of that spent for a special gift or toy and the other half spent on durable play clothes. (The children are very needy.) If you wish to adopt a family to shop for, we can assign you a family and provide a wish list for them that will fit your budget. In an effort to make the donations go further, this year we will exclude adult children and grandparents (unless they are the legal guardians). “It is all about the kids.”
Last year the SBCO Adopt a Family project provided gifts for 90 families in the Tri-Community area. If your unit wasn’t involved last year, but would like to participate this year, please call for additional information. It’s fun and very rewarding! There is no overhead charge for this project so 100% of gifts and cash donations go to needy families.
We would like to invite any and all of you to join us in this worthy cause. We very much need donations and help with shopping, wrapping and delivery. We think you will find shopping with a friend for the things that the children have requested can be both fun and rewarding. Please join us in this journey which is guaranteed to fill you with the holiday spirit!
We are out of town for the summer but please let us know if you can help. You can reach us by email, [email protected] or by cell phone at 520-300-1092.
Final call for Walkathon
Nan Nasser
The annual Walkathon, sponsored by SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, is ready to go on Saturday, October 24. It will start in the HOA 1 Clubhouse parking lot with opening warm-ups by Vital Moves at 7:40 a.m. Walkers will follow the Grand Marshals to Ridgeview, chauffeured by Steve Garceau and Bev Porras.
The long walk around Ridgeview is complemented by a shorter version up to the commercial center. Once back at the clubhouse you are invited to participate in the hot breakfast and will have a chance to win a raffle prize. Those prizes include gift cards to our SaddleBrooke dining rooms, to Bashas’ and even a couple of American Express gift cards.
Registration will be available from Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., October 12 to 16 and October 19 to 23 at Suite L in the commercial center on SaddleBrooke Boulevard. Cost to register is $30 per person including the tee shirt which is your invitation to the breakfast. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5. If you can’t walk you are still invited to participate! Register, put on your tee shirt and join us for breakfast at 8:45 a.m. All proceeds from this popular event help to support SBCO programs for needy children in neighboring communities. For more information go to our website, www.community-outreach.org.