Senior Village Is Much More Than Vaccinations Stephanie Thomas For the past five months, the name Senior Village has been synonymous with the Saturday vaccination clinic, but did you know that Senior Village offers 11 volunteer teams to support its 1,000 members and address their needs? Even during mask-wearing and social distancing, our volunteers have been…
Community-Wide Fundraiser Helps Support Senior Village Suzanne Marlatt Stewart For many SaddleBrooke residents, being sheltered in their homes for months, one project many have tackled is cleaning out closets and drawers. Then the question is, what do I do with all this stuff? Senior Village has a win-win solution for donating unwanted household items. Your…
Gather Your Electronics for Community-Wide Recycling Collection Suzanne Marlatt-Stewart Senior Village is working with Suburban Miners of Tucson to offer a community recycling event for all SaddleBrooke residents. Operating since 2007, Suburban Miners shreds all hard drives and guarantees safe and secure recycling. Electronics in working order are also passed on to those in need…
Senior Village at SaddleBrooke Selects Executive Director David Loendorf Senior Village at SaddleBrooke proudly announces the hiring of Linda Hampton as Executive Director to manage the rapid growth of our non-profit organization. Linda comes to the Village after serving 10 years as the Executive Director of the Marana Food Bank, a branch of the Community…
The Stories of Senior Village Stephanie Thomas For the past five years, Senior Village has been taking care of SaddleBrooke residents. The history of the Village is about stories, and we enjoy telling our stories because they have happy endings, thanks to you and your donations to the Village. Fred took a tumble on the…
Legacy to a Sister and a Legacy Gift to Senior Village Suzanne Marlatt Stewart “We were sisters…she was always there, like big sisters are…we knew, always knew, never forgot we were sisters.” This excerpt is taken from a poem written by Phyllis Garten. The book is called A World Made Whole. Patricia Fremont-Smith has compiled…
Living “Smart” Suzanne Marlatt-Stewart Smart phones, smart cars, smart TVs, robotic vacuums—maybe a personal robot like the one in “Frank and the Robot” isn’t here yet, but you will be amazed at the technology available right now that can make your life easier. Senior Village at SaddleBrooke will sponsor a seminar series called “Living Smart”…
Leave the Driving to Us Gary Hammond Most of us probably remember Going My Way, the famous old movie starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. It won seven Academy Awards and was Best Picture back in 1944. Jumping ahead to today, Senior Village has its own version of “Going My Way,” which is our most…
Why do we volunteer? Judy Cummings Residents of SaddleBrooke are known for volunteering, and nowhere is this more evident than in Senior Village with 160+ volunteers. Why is it that they give so willingly of their hours? Most volunteers say that, at this stage of life, they enjoy helping others and now have the time…
Home again service: free meals delivered for post-op/rehab Judy Cummings When told she needed surgery on her shoulder, Connie Wortman proceeded to select her surgeon and make arrangements to have the procedure. However, she was concerned that, since she lived alone, she would have some difficulties with cooking and meal prep after surgery with one…