Tag: SaddleBrooke Community Outreach

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

John George, one of our many dedicated volunteers. John is our senior tutor who has donated many, many years to the students and is our recruiter and scheduler at San Manual High School.

General meeting and School Volunteer Fair – November 16 SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, in proud partnership with three local area schools, presents our first School Volunteer Fair. Our mission is to introduce the volunteer opportunities for residents to learn about the need for volunteers at nearby schools and how you can make a difference. This is…

SaddleBrooke Holiday Home Tour December 6

A large carousel horse, one of many that the homeowner has collected from a variety of places. The photo was taken by Ken Siarkiewicz.

Nan Nasser The December 6 Holiday Home Tour, sponsored by SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. that Sunday. Tickets are $15 each, and the booklet with all the maps and write-ups will be available that day as of 12:30 p.m. at Suite L in the commercial center on…

Behind the scenes at Kids’ Closet

Patrick Polencheck It’s summer in our wonderful SaddleBrooke community, and many of our dedicated volunteers are gone for the season. But there is still much work behind the scene to be done prior to reopening for the fall/winter school year. This year’s opening will be on Thursday, September 17, and continue through November 23, 2015.…

Community Outreach Volunteer of the Year

At the annual Appreciation Program of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach held on April 13, John Young was recognized as Volunteer of the Year for his many years of service on the Finance Committee of SBCO. John first became treasurer of SBCO in 2003 and for the last 12 years has provided all kinds of financial support…

Mark your calendar for annual Walkathon

These Boots Were Made for Walking.

Nan Nasser Do you remember the song These Boots Were Made for Walking? Well, polish off your boots and sneakers and get ready for the 19th annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Walkathon to be held Saturday, October 24, beginning at 7:30 a.m. with warmups in the HOA One parking lot, a walk around Ridgeview and ending…

Shredding event April 10

Nan Nasser On Friday, April 10, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach joined forces with Long Realty, Golder Ranch branch and the Beacon Foundation, the largest employer of disabled Americans in the area, to host a shredding event for residents and friends of people in SaddleBrooke. Beacon Foundation has several contracts with the U.S. Government for shredding and…

Summer in the Word

Terry Barringer Are you looking for a little spiritual pick-me-up? The Women’s Ministry at the Community Church at SaddleBrooke has just the offering for you. Summer in the Word is a six-week series that will introduce you to some thought provoking subjects. Six women will share their message on a wide variety of scriptures and…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Arthur Posner gives check to SBCO President Joan Roberts.

Gift from Treats and Talents Auctions The annual Treats and Talents Auction held March 11 raised enough funds to support SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, IMPACT, Youth on Their Own and several science projects in neighboring schools. Co-chair Arthur Posner presented a check for $6,000 to SBCO President Joan Roberts as part of the proceeds from this…

Another successful food drive

The food collected at SaddleBrooke

Stephen Groth Two hundred nine bags/boxes of food and $1,115 were collected from Ranchers this year for SaddleBrooke Community Outreach’s annual food drive in March. The food drive supports the Tri Community Food Bank in Mammoth providing one basket of food once a month for families in Mammoth, Oracle, San Manuel and surrounding towns. Our…

SBCO help us help our kids

Nan Nasser For many years SaddleBrooke Community Outreach has been recycling aluminum cans to help support our programs for needy children in neighboring communities. We have worked well with Tucson Iron and Metal and recently received a note saying that our current receipt for $840 should have been for $1,440, but there was so much…