Frank Shipton SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary (SSR), although small in number, has many reasons to be proud. In the past six months, members volunteered more than 752 hours of their time participating in numerous projects, including the following: Little Folks Library Tri-Community Food Bank Golden Goose Thrift Shop Educational Assistant, San Manuel Elementary School 51 Home Vets…
Frank Shipton SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary members participate in many service projects throughout the year. They also enjoy socializing. If this is the type of organization that appeals to you, consider attending one of our meetings or participating in one of our service projects—no obligation. Contact Frank Shipton at 805-279-2966 for further information.
Maggie de Block Fighting hunger, increasing literacy, helping homeless veterans, caring for our community. SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary members were busy volunteering this year with our service projects, which ranged from the Mammoth Food Bank to increasing literacy in the Southern Copper Corridor. Our work began on Jan. 6 at the Mammoth Food Bank, where we…
Gary Haslett SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary has many ongoing projects, such as unloading food trucks at the Mammoth Food Bank, helping with the Golden Goose Midnight Madness Fridays, or refurbishing furniture for the veteran’s home in Tucson. One such project is the installation of Little Free Libraries in Mammoth, San Manuel, Hayden, and Oracle. It is…
Brianne Spaeth Don’t leave credit on the table was one of the first things Marc Snow said when he visited our rotary club to discuss his work with the Rotary Vocational Fund. Marc is the Assistant Governor of District 5500 for Rotary. He is currently a member of the Oro Valley Rotary Club where he…
Brianne Spaeth SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary’s own Ron Lenz serves as chairman of the SaddleBrooke TWO Energy Task Force in order to help provide a cost-benefit analysis of the usage of energy for SaddleBrooke TWO here in SaddleBrooke. Ron and the other members of the Energy Task Force came up with many ways for SaddleBrooke TWO…
Brianne Spaeth Pastor Steven Wilson came to speak to us at our rotary meeting. He grew up in Spokane, Washington to an active and athletic family and spent his younger years playing many sports, including football for Gonzaga. Nearing graduation from college, he realized that his football days were coming to a close and he…
Patti Albaugh A young boy gives the volunteer a hug because he finally has his own toothbrush. A father weeps when he’s told he doesn’t need to eat the stale bread left outside for the birds; he can have a fresh loaf of bread for him and his son. A six-year-old girl cries when she…
Music Mends Minds: Restoring the Rhythm of Life (sponsored by SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary) will hold its first SaddleBrooke concert on Wednesday, May 23 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in MountainView Ballroom West. We all know someone who has suffered from the devastating effects of neurodegenerative diseases. Music Mends Minds (http://www.musicmendsminds.org) is a nonprofit organization…
Tim Morsani In 2016, the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke invited artist Diana Madaras to headline a fundraiser to help fund art departments in nearby schools. SaddleBrooke residents channeled over $6,000 to elementary schools in Oracle, San Manuel and Catalina. Oracle used their $2,000 to purchase ukuleles which are being used to introduce fifth graders to…