A Wish List Are your friends and relatives asking you for gift ideas? Would they be surprised if your wish list included smart home automation? Senior Village is offering a seminar on Dec. 1 in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center to help you understand useful home automation devices so you can add them to your…
Free Piano Performances Senior Village is hosting a series of free piano performances for the entire SaddleBrooke community. The piano matinee is the idea of the Senior Village Friendly Contact team who create social activities, birthday parties, game days, and more for Senior Village members interested in more interaction with others. The team wanted to…
Your Online Shopping Brings $$ to Senior Village Diane Demeroutis At no cost to you, every time you shop online, smile.amazon.com will donate to Senior Village at SaddleBrooke. It’s a simple and automatic way for you to support the Village. This charitable program has generated more than $1,500 for Senior Village … penny by penny, dollar by…
Piano Recital at SaddleBrooke One Phyllis Ketring, Senior Village Publications Coordinator Senior Village is hosting an afternoon piano recital, complete with refreshments, for the SaddleBrooke community on Monday, Aug. 15, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. One of the Senior Village volunteers has offered to share her musical talent for this event. Come and enjoy the…
A Senior Village Volunteer Is Going Your Way Barbara Barr Have you stopped driving or discontinued driving outside of SaddleBrooke? Are you flying solo and in need of assistance to get to or from a medical appointment after you’ve been advised not to drive? Do you need transportation to get groceries or a haircut? No…
Senior Village Hosts Recycle Collection Event Senior Village hosted a household hazardous waste and electronics recycle collection event on April 23. SaddleBrooke residents were able to unload four 22-foot box truckloads of unwanted electronics, old cans of paint, and household chemicals. More than 15 Senior Village volunteers made this a successful endeavor. Avoiding Scams and…
Stay Off Ladders in Your Home! Diane Demeroutis Did you know older people are particularly vulnerable to falling from ladders? Although they fell from lower heights, the elderly sustained different and more severe injuries than younger adults. The University of Arizona Medical Center Trauma Registry studied falls from ladders over a five-year period. Our aging…
Give Your Eyes a Rest: Listen to Audiobooks for Free Marly Mora Most of us enjoy reading and consider it one of life’s greatest pleasures. Many older adults find that age-related challenges keep us from enjoying reading as much as in the past. That small print seems to get smaller and smaller. Audiobooks offer the…
An Easy Decision at Tax Time Linda Hampton Donating to Senior Village has never been easier than at tax time. You can let the state decide how your tax dollars will be used, or you can decide you would rather direct the tax dollars for use in your own community. Arizona allows you to decide…
Benefit Concert Was a Hit The Texas Swing duo of Kristyn Harris and Hailey Sandoz performed recently at a concert fundraiser hosted by The Western Heritage Preservation Club of SaddleBrooke. These award-winning Texas artists sang, fiddled, strummed, and yodeled their way into the hearts of all the attendees. More than $3,200 was raised to benefit…