Marilee Jensen November In addition to the regular emergency food boxes offered in November, clients received a warm, soft blanket for each member of their family, just in time for the cold weather. On Nov. 24 teen and Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) volunteers also distributed a full Thanksgiving dinner, including turkey, stuffing, vegetables, pies, and…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Ken S. McAllister, PhD, speak on “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Video Games But Were Afraid to Ask (Your Grandkids)” on Sunday, Dec. 8. The meeting is held at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse Vermillion Room, with a coffee social at 9:15 a.m., and the program…
Marilee Jensen Due to the increased number of families served in the communities of Oracle, San Manuel, Mammoth, and Dudleyville and the increased amount of frozen food offered, the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) greatly needed a new walk-in freezer. Thanks to funding from SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, a new walk-in freezer was purchased and installed. Among…
Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) is preparing to provide holiday meals and special offerings during November and December, all made possible due to TCFB’s generous donors, particularly from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. November In November, customers will receive their two emergency food boxes, a full Thanksgiving dinner, and a soft, warm blanket for each member of…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers meetings are held at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse Vermillion Room on Sunday mornings, with a coffee social at 9:15 a.m. and the program beginning at 9:45 a.m. We are proud to have Lockwood Carlson, PhD, speak on “Energy Technologies for a Changing World” on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 9:45 a.m. Energy…
Rosemary Douglas The Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) receives donations of food and household items from Dollar General stores on a weekly basis. The donations are the result of a grocery rescue program in which the Dollar General Corporation partners with Feeding America to donate excess inventory items to local food banks. Once a week, volunteers…
Rosemary Douglas The Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) in Mammoth received donations from two important food drives during the last couple of months. These donations make it possible to keep the Food Bank open and enable us to continue to feed our neighbors in Southeast Pinal County. In February Epic Rides held their annual 24 Hours…
BK Koch At the February luncheon, the committee hosting the luncheon donated a big share of their budget to the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) in Mammoth. They created Valentine’s bags to give to middle school girls, which included emery boards, combs, lotion, soap, books, toothbrushes, and toothpaste. On Feb. 8 Marilyn Palatas and Sue Ryan…
Rosemary Douglas Bashas’ grocery store in Catalina has been a good friend to the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) for more than 10 years. Most mornings that the food bank is open, volunteers drive our van to Bashas’ to pick up food donations. The TCFB receives bakery items such as bread, rolls, bagels, pies, cakes, and…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Daisy Vargas, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Arizona, College of Humanities, speak on “Religion, Identity, and Encounter in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” on Sunday, April 21, at 9:45 a.m. This talk will focus on how Mexican Catholic religious practices aid and inform the maintenance…