Trico Electric Cooperative has awarded a total of $35,000 to five nonprofit organizations providing critical services in Southern Arizona. The grants are part of Trico’s POWER Grants program and are awarded twice a year to charities throughout Southern Arizona. Nonprofits are selected through an application process and reviewed by a six-person committee made up of…
Venetia Hobson Lewis The last major tournament of the year 2020 for SBWGA-18, The Cactus Classic, played over three days of golf in mid-November on all three nine-hole courses. Our golfers participating in this low net tournament were divided into five flights, all named for varieties of cactus. This test of skills and endurance did…
Bethany Neumann Youth On Their Own or YOTO, as it’s informally called, has been helping youth experiencing homelessness in Pima County graduate from high school since 1986. Founded locally to address the dropout rate of homeless Tucson youth, YOTO continues to serve up to 2,000 young people in our community each year. Moreover, YOTO not…
Linda Eisenhart and Kathryn Von Bargen This is the final article in a series featuring the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilt Club’s 2020 service activities. Service Co-Chairs Linda Crum and Janette Volz have facilitated eight projects that benefit 10 different charities! This month we will feature beneficiaries that serve children and pets. Youth on Their Own (YOTO) Arizona is…
Katrina Calderon, Marketing & Outreach Manager Youth On Their Own is proud to announce the new board leadership positions for the Fiscal Year 2020-21: President: Jay Peskoe, Automotive Gold President-Elect: Sean Denlinger, NOVA Home Loans Past President: Deb Salaiz, Raytheon Treasurer: Julie Stevenson, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Secretary: Eva Murzaite, Interiors In Design Youth On Their Own…
Marsha Camp The SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association – 18 selected the501(c)(3) non-profit charity Youth On Their Own (YOTO) as their charity for 2020. This organization is in need of your support. Please go to YOTO.org and donate as much as you can. If you don’t know YOTO, let me tell you about 62,000 kids who need you. Established in…
Carol Thompson I am proud to be a member and contributor to the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB)! Our membership grants monetary gifts to many local organizations in need: Gospel Rescue Mission, Family First Pregnancy Care Center and Diaper Bank, Youth On Their Own (YOTO), Young Life Capernaum, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Habitat for…
Steve Wilson What a great time we had today touring the facilities of Youth On Their Own (YOTO). This one-of-a-kind organization helps 1,700 youth around the Tucson area meet basic needs of life as they continue their schooling. On behalf of Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB), we provided a quarterly check to them for $11,000.…
Steve Wilson What a great time we had today touring the facilities of Youth On Their Own (YOTO). This one-of-a-kind organization helps 1,700 youth around the Tucson area meet basic needs of life as they continue their schooling. On behalf of Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB), we provided a quarterly check to them for…
Kathy Doran Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) donated 226 Easter bags for distribution at the Tri-Community Food Bank in Mammoth on Palm Sunday. So many children came with big smiles on their faces in anticipation of what was in their Easter bag! CCSB members are a very generous and giving congregation with programs for…