Dick Kroese At its weekly meeting on July 27, 2017, the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club was told about a proposed Rotary Foundation humanitarian project in East Jerusalem. Past Rotary District Governor Michael Drake discussed the Israel/Palestine conflict and the history of Rotary in the Middle East and presented the proposed project. The project would support…
Patti R. Albaugh Stephanie Thomas, volunteer coordinator for Senior Village at SaddleBrooke (SVSB), spoke to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about the features and accomplishments of the relatively-new, not-for-profit organization. SVSB was established to provide assistance to SaddleBrooke residents so they can remain in their homes as long as possible, a new concept described as “aging…
Patti R. Albaugh Olivia Ortega, a sophomore at San Manuel High School, spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary about her experiences at RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), a District 5500 (southern Arizona) sponsored event held at Chapel Rock in Prescott. RYLA is an intensive four-day workshop for youth ages 14 to 17 in grades 9…
Doug Sweetland On April 27, the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club heard Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb. Lamb was elected to office in November 2016 and assumed his position in January 2017. Prior to joining the Sheriff’s Office, he served the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community as a police office and detective. During that time…
Savo Fries and Dick Kroese Tabitha Yim recently visited the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club. A former elite gymnast and assistant coach for the Stanford Women’s Gymnastics Team, she was hired in 2015 as the head coach of the University of Arizona Women’s Gymnastics Team by then Athletic Director Greg Byrne. Coach Yim is a talented…
Patti R. Albaugh Most of us have taken the “If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium” tours. There’s a different way to travel, says Brian Mundy, founder of the European Travel Club. Mundy spoke to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about customized tours that his group arranges and guides. When he and his wife came to…
Patti R. Albaugh Maggie De Block recently spoke to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary about her work with the Defense Support Program (DSP). She retired from the Aerospace industry (TRW) after 25 years. Maggie might be a petite woman, but she had tall responsibilities at work. In charge of negotiating major subcontracts for spacecraft hardware in support…
Dick Kroese SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club has partnered with IMPACT in many ways and the relationship has been a pleasure for both groups. Barbara told us that they had recently expanded their service area to help more people in Tucson opening services just south of Oro Valley to River Road, out to Marana, into all…
Patti R. Albaugh SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club recently honored the Golder Ranch Fire District with a luncheon to celebrate their life-saving work, time, compassion and educational programs. Over 180 people attended the luncheon at MountainView Country Club February 16. Tables were decorated with fire hats, bright flower arrangements, fire insignia plates and Life Saver® candies.…
Dick Kroese SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club was entertained by Dr. Terry Stobbe who spoke about his experiences while pursuing his lifelong commitment to improving the workplace health and safety of the American worker. The construction industry has long been considered a hotbed of worker welfare negligence which is why the use of tool box topics…