Elisabeth Wheeler Nineteen intrepid SaddleBrooke hikers braved a chilly morning to improve trails in Oracle State Park. A special effort was made to clear the trails of sticker bushes and obstacles for runners participating in the upcoming Oracle Rumble to benefit the Arizona National Scenic Trail. Lots of excellent work was accomplished in three hours,…
Phyllis Ketring Planning is well underway for this year’s Health Fair. The invitation to screeners has been sent out. If you have a doctor, clinic or medical specialty that you would like to have included in the Health Fair, now is the time to recommend them. There is always a waiting list, but it is…
Every month, a group of SaddleBrooke women that play together on a 4.0 interclub tennis team gather to do something fun and exciting off the court. In October they decided to put their skills to good use by helping a deserving family build their first house at a Habitat for Humanity building site. On October…
Dorothy Wood Dancing Horse Ranch, right here on the eastern edge of SaddleBrooke, is looking for some volunteer help with feeding, watering and corral cleaning for their eight horses. The chores are light, the horses are gentle and the folks are friendly. Several SaddleBrooke homeowners stable their horses here. As little as an hour or…
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…
Ted Belanger Twenty two members of the Cyclemasters volunteered their time to help clean up SaddleBrooke Boulevard on Saturday, April 18. The four times a year event has been a special community service for over 20 years! The two mile stretch of road between MountainView Boulevard and Oracle Road was littered with the usual assortment…
Maxine Wilverding Sr. Jose Women’s Shelter located in the homeless corridor in Tucson has a need for the following: adult clothes, twin sheets, blankets (any size), towels and personal care items such as shampoo, shower gel, lotions (regular or travel size) and feminine products. Men’s clothing will also be accepted and donated where needed. The…
Sue Robisch Mabel has just completed her physical therapy session at the Children’s Clinic in Tucson. She and her mom and dad are getting ready to leave when all of a sudden her face lights up and a huge smile spreads across her face. Waiting to greet her is Lillie, the miniature horse. Lillie and…
Ken and Ellen Perkins We wanted to provide everyone an update from cold and icy New England where we are spending the holidays with our family. The last week of school we borrowed the SBCO Kids’ Closet van on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, then borrowed the Catalina Community Services (rebranded as Impact) truck on Thursday…
An exciting new math curriculum has been implemented at Mountain Vista Elementary School in Oracle, grades kindergarten through third grade. Dr. Carla Springer (SaddleBrooke resident) needs four volunteers to work in classrooms each Monday, Tuesday or Thursday from 8:15 to 11:00 a.m. (with break between classes). The school is only about six miles from SaddleBrooke…