Tag: SBCO

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Back to School with SBCO Teen Closet and Kids’ Closet Nancy McCluskey-Moore Twice a year, in the fall and spring, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) provides school wardrobes and school supplies to children living in towns along the Copper Corridor, from Catalina north to Miami and San Carlos. Kids’ Closet serves children from preschool through 8th…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

SBCO Enrichment Grants Bring Summer Fun to Local Kids Nancy McCluskey-Moore Did your childhood include visits to summer camp? For many of us, these trips into the “wilderness” provided opportunities to try new activities and experience life away from home. Triangle YMCA Ranch Camp in Oracle offers local kids a week filled with archery, horseback…

Consider a Legacy Donation to the SBCO Scholarship Endowment Fund

Nancy McCluskey-Moore William James, the American philosopher and psychologist said, “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” The Board of Directors of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) engaged in this type of farsighted thinking when it established the SBCO Scholarship Endowment Fund. Since 2001, SBCO has been…

Kids’ Closet and Teen Closet Help Youngsters Build Self-Esteem

Nancy McCluskey-Moore For the past 26 years, Kids’ Closet has been providing children with new school clothing to raise their self-esteem and encourage school attendance. This SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) program began when a group of women in SaddleBrooke discovered that local children had poor school attendance because they needed to share shoes and clothing…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

SBCO Recognizes Volunteers of the Year, Terry and Tony Lulek Nancy McCluskey-Moore Each year SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) recognizes those volunteers who have made a significant contribution of their time and talents to the organization. This year SBCO has named Terry and Tony Lulek as Volunteers of the Year. Prior to moving to SaddleBrooke in…

Senior Village at SaddleBrooke

May 15 Senior Village Performance Georgie Hourigan, Secretary, Sonoran Singers What a wonderful opportunity to perform for SaddleBrooke friends and family at the MountainView ballroom. Sonoran Singers followed an amazing trombone quartet named the Four Decades. Their leader is Mark Lamers, and the others are Dennis Page, Tom Herrera, and Karl Fettenauer. It was an…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach and SaddleBrooke Ranchers Encourage Young Readers Nancy McCluskey-Moore Each year SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) funds a grant to provide first graders at Ray Elementary School in Kearny, Ariz., with a wooden bookcase and two new books. The funding also provides for each child to receive two additional books in second and again…

Here We Go Again—Bring a Friend

EJ Snearly I know I’ve used this theme, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” before, but paraphrasing the lyrics to Randy Newman’s song remains appropriate. You’ve got a friend in me, When the fairway looks rough ahead, And you’re miles away from the green, Just remember what your golf buddy said, Gal, you’ve got a…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach

Miam’s ‘M&M’ Program Produces Big Results Nancy McCluskey-Moore Do you recall memorizing the multiplication tables while in grade school? Kevin Hull, principal of Lee Kornegay Intermediate School in Miami, Ariz., knows this knowledge is vital to future success in mathematics. And he should know. Prior to becoming the principal of this third through fifth grade…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

SBCO Grants Support Educational Enrichment Nancy McCluskey-Moore SaddleBrooke Community Outreach has long provided grants to help finance education enrichment opportunities and summer sports activities for local students. Among the programs that recently received SBCO grants are the following: San Manuel Softball A $2,500 grant was given to fund a summer softball program for kids living…