Nancy McCluskey-Moore If you are weighed down by outdated paper files, get ready to lighten your load. Bring boxes or bags of paper to the Shredding and Recycling Event on Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is full). The event, hosted by Long Realty-Golder Ranch, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, and…
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March 2024, Clubs & Classes
SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club: Dancers in the Spotlight
Tom Marshall “We’re a social club where we enjoy dancing and also learning new dance steps,” says SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance President Rich Adinolfi. Rich and his wife Deb became members almost immediately after moving to SaddleBrooke eight years ago. Growing up in New Jersey, Rich’s entire family always loved to dance. Growing up in Chicago,…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
Nature Club February Presentation
Kay Sullivan Bill Wilkening, a 15-year volunteer for the Watershed Management Group, gave a presentation called “Rainwater Harvesting: It’s More Than Just Tanks” to 50 Nature Club members on Feb. 12 in the DesertView Theater. Some of Bill’s family members can trace their Tucson roots back for six generations. He shared that his grandfather used…
Clubs & Classes, March 2024
News From GLAAS: Special Presentation: Gender in the 20th Century
John Ahlen On March 29 Gays, Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke (GLAAS) will welcome Dr. Tracey Kurtzman, an esteemed Tucson pediatrician, to speak on the topic of caring for transgender children and their families. Dr. Kurtzman practices at El Rio Health, here in Tucson, where she cares for young patients and also teaches medical students…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
New Beginnings, New Steps
Pat Knepler Spring is the time of new beginnings. The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club is just that. We strive to keep our dances and activities varied enough so that everything seems new and fresh. April may be known as the time for showers in much of the world—“April showers bring May flowers”—but here, April brings…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
On Your Mark! Get Set! Have Fun! Do Good for the Community!
Dan Watson and Barbara Barr Bengen The annual Fore For Kids Charity Golf Tournament is just around the corner on Monday, April 22, at The Preserve. The tournament, sponsored by the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, raises funding for programs for children and youth in the area and the Copper Corridor. In addition to golf at…
March 2024, Generals
Mental Health Focus—Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health Matters
Join the Santa Catalina Catholic Church Mental Health Ministry as it presents its March Mental Health Focus. Danielle Trujillo, director of Clinical Services at Sonora Behavioral Health, will be presenting on mental health in children and adolescents. The presentation will be at 14380 N. Oracle Road on March 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. and…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
The Rotary Club Has Just One Word: Plastics
Barbara Barr Bengen Let me take you down memory lane 57 years to 1967 and the Academy Award-winning movie The Graduate. In his critically acclaimed film, young Dustin Hoffman plays recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock. To celebrate Ben’s graduation, his parents throw a cocktail party. A friend of Ben’s parents, Mr. McGuire, pulls Ben aside…
March 2024, Generals
Monthly Pet Donation Drop-Off Program
Marcy Vernon Our various pet charities are always in need and are always thankful for your donations. Please consider dropping off any of the items listed below. Cash donations are also accepted and appreciated. The drop-off location is at the SaddleBrooke One bocce ball courts. It is the first Friday of every month. We are…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
Great Decisions Upcoming March Programs
Barb Schaepe SaddleBrooke Great Decisions started off the year with timely topics, excellent presentations, and spirited discussions. Meetings, which continue in March and April, occur on Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. in the East Ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse unless otherwise noted. Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program focused on world affairs. SaddleBrooke…