Christianne Dettmann Last month the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club spotlighted one of its newer members, David Dettmann, who happens to be my incredible dad! The article mentioned the 30-plus quilts he donated to the club so they can be sold to support local charities. This month, we share the story of how these quilts came…
Christianne Dettmann The drive to Mammoth, Ariz., from SaddleBrooke is stunningly beautiful and well-traveled by many members of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club. At least two or three times each month, dedicated club and community volunteers lend their muscles to the mission of the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) where trucks laden with varieties of donated…
Doug May The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke has a partnership with the Rotary Club in Nogales, Sonora to build and install drinking fountain systems in schools. After a period of planning, coordinating, and applying for a global grant from Rotary International, the installation is progressing. Rotary has worldwide projects like this funded by grants from…
Dick Kroese Helen Howard, Fitness Coordinator/CPT, and TeriLee Olivier, Certified Trainer, were recent guests of SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club. Helen told us that the fitness center has something for everybody, no matter what your physical condition. Some of the programs that she told us about are indoor cycling, aqua-mix, strength training, yoga for a…
John Adams, Deputy Director, Biosphere 2 It’s been over ten years since the University of Arizona (UA) took over Biosphere 2 (B2) — a time of incredible growth and evolution, though many still know Biosphere 2 simply as home to the world-famous, closed-system experiment of the 1990s. That project taught us many things; one…
Tim Morsani Game Warden Jimmy Simmons spoke at a recent Rotary luncheon about his role in Arizona’s Game and Fish Department. He feels he has the best job in the state. Half biologist half enforcement officer, Captain Simmons deals with a variety of issues. He helps move animals, wild sheep for example, from areas…
Patti R. Albaugh Rotarians love to travel, and members of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club learned how they can partake in a European adventure and contribute to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Foundation at the same time. The Foundation donates to local causes such as Tri-Community Food Bank and Triangle Y Ranch. Brian Mundy presented an…
Dick Kroese Bonnie Dudelston, Administrator of the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Marana, gave a wonderful presentation to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about the cemetery, which is located on 32 acres of high desert landscaped property. Phase one of the cemetery includes 1802 burial plots, 1638 cremated remains burial plots and 1920 Columbarium niches. The…
Patti R. Albaugh On May 25, 2017 SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary launched the project Protein for Growing Minds to help ease hunger in Pinal County children and senior citizens. Cynthia Chevalley of Tri-Community Food-Bank inspired the project. At an earlier meeting she told Rotary members that hunger is especially problematic in the Copper Corridor of Pinal…
Patti R. Albaugh SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club recently helped a young man with his music career. Sammy Rivas, son of Jorge and Betty Rivas, received a scholarship to the University of Arizona School of Music. The only problem was the terrible condition of his saxophone, a well-used instrument that had seen better days. Sammy was…