Tag: SBCO

Community Outreach Fashion Show wrap up

GGTS Board President Larry Clark

Nan Nasser On Monday, September 14 the public was invited to attend the annual Golden Goose Thrift Shop Fashion Show which kicks off the new year for SaddleBrooke Community Outreach and all of its programs for children in neighboring communities. The show was titled Touring Tucson and featured all kinds of outfits and items that…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

We borrowed the Impact truck in order to make the deliveries to San Carlos in one trip; left to right, the truckers are Joe Murdock, Ellen Perkins, Sam Carmen and David Wisniewski.

Adopt a Child 2015 Ken and Ellen Perkins At our summer home in Vermont, the leaves are beginning to turn and there is a nip in the air. That tells us that it is time to return to SaddleBrooke and make plans for the annual SBCO Adopt a Family for the Holidays project. We have…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Adopt a Child 2015 Ken and Ellen Perkins Despite the fact that it is only September, it’s time to begin thinking about Christmas! To be more specific, it’s time to start preparing for the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Adopt a Child project. Unfortunately, with unemployment near 80% on the San Carlos Reservation, Apache Indian children are…

It’s All About the Kids: Walkathon XIX 2015

Nan Nasser Registration for the annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Walkathon will begin on September 14 at the Golden Goose Fashion Show which will be held in the MountainView Ballroom beginning at 3:00 p.m. The tee shirt design has been finalized, supporter names collected, breakfast arranged and we are ready to walk with opening exercises by…

SaddleBrooke Community-Outreach Happenings

Heading to Ridgeview Boulevard for the long walk

Walkathon scheduled for October 24 Nan Nasser Get ready to join the hundreds of walkers of all ages and some four footed friends as they head out on the annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Walkathon. The date is October 24 starting at the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse parking lot with warm-ups led by Vital Moves beginning at 7:30…

Kids’ Closet update

Melanie Stout Did you know that every year Kids’ Closet provides close to 3,000 wardrobes to needy children within our tri-county community? In addition to shoes, clothing and books the children also receive soap, toothpaste and a toothbrush. The older children, third grade and above, enjoy picking up a small bag of unopened hotel toiletries…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Cashier Carolyn models as a snow queen.

Golden Goose Fashion Show September 14, 2015 Nan Nasser The weather will turn cooler, you will head out to tour a few spots around Tucson and you will probably want a new outfit for the new season. Come to the Golden Goose Thrift Shop Fashion Show, Monday, September 14 at the MountainView Ballroom beginning at…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach partners with Wheels for Kids

Rick Haupt

Melanie Stout SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) has again partnered with Wheels For Kids, a nonprofit organization operating out of Oro Valley to provide refurbished bikes to needy children in our service area. Wheels For Kids operates exclusively with volunteers who love to fix up bikes and make people happy. Please check out their website http://www.azwfk.org/.…

What a night! Another successful Treats and Talents Charity Auction

Ann Vernon Thanks to so many residents throughout SaddleBrooke who participated in the eighth Treats and Talents Charity Auction; this year’s auction brought in over $32,000 with money still coming in! The auction was a gala affair and was well attended. Talented SaddleBrooke residents (musicians, cooks, quilters, jewelry makers, bakers, brewers and weavers) donated their…

SBCO awards scholarships

Left to right: Brittany Paton, Derek Pacheco, Steve Groth and Sidney Chenoweth

Nan Nasser The first of many SaddleBrooke Community Outreach scholarship awards was made on May 14 to students at Ray High School in Kearny. Vice President of Education Steve Groth made the presentation to three outstanding students: Brittany Paton will be studying nursing at Northern Arizona University, Derek Pacheco will study mechanical engineering on the…