SBCO Elects New Board of Directors Nancy McCluskey-Moore On April 8 at the annual meeting of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO), the organization elected its Board of Directors for 2024-25. The members of the new board include: * President—Laura Pauli * Executive Vice President—Gayle Van Natter * Recording Secretaries—Cheryl Smith and Marcia Van Ommeran * Corresponding…
Camille Esterman On Jan. 18, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) was privileged to address the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women of Wine (SBRWOW). The event provided SBCO with an opportunity to highlight our programs that feed, clothe, enrich, and educate children living in the Copper Corridor. After recapping the Ranch’s participation in delivering Thanksgiving Day baskets to Mammoth/San Manuel and the…
Rosemary Douglas The Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) has more than 500 families, with 1,500 individuals registered and eligible to receive twice-a-month food boxes. These families are our neighbors in Mammoth, San Manuel, Oracle, and Dudleyville. In 2023, the generosity of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents, especially during the annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Food Drive,…
Save the Date— SBCO Events in 2024 SaddleBrooke Community Outreach has a busy schedule planned for the new year. We invite you to help us provide local children with the food, clothing, enrichment activities, and college scholarships they need to succeed. Together we can make a big difference in the lives of many young people.…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore For more than 25 years, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) has been providing students living in the Copper Corridor, an area that stretches more than 100 miles from Catalina to Globe, with opportunities to succeed. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, unemployment in these communities is significantly above both the national and state…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore The Walk for Kids will begin with a warm-up session at 8:40 a.m. followed by the walk at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28. This signature SBCO event helps support our food, clothing, enrichment, and education programs benefiting youngsters along a 100+-mile corridor from Catalina to the San Carlos Indian Reservation and the Miami school…
Kim Schweitzer Since 2007, the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Adopt-a-Family and Adopt-a-Child programs have provided hand-picked and carefully wrapped holiday gifts to local families and children. For the last 14 years, SaddleBrooke Ranch has joined this important cause to support children who are enrolled in the Mountain Vista School in Oracle. We ask that you choose…
Registration Now Open for 25th Annual SBCO Walk for Kids! Nancy McCluskey-Moore It’s time to register for the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Walk for Kids. The walk will begin with a warm-up session at 8:40 a.m., followed by the walk at 9 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 28. This signature SBCO event helps support our food, clothing,…
SBCO Enrichment Grants Bring Summer Fun to Local Kids Nancy McCluskey-Moore Did your childhood include visits to summer camp? For many of us, these trips into the “wilderness” provided opportunities to try new activities and experience life away from home. Triangle YMCA Ranch Camp in Oracle offers local kids a week filled with archery, horseback…
SBCO and SaddleBrooke Ranchers Encourage Young Readers Nancy McCluskey-Moore Each year SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) funds a grant to provide first graders at Ray Elementary School in Kearny, Ariz., with a wooden bookcase and two new books. The funding also provides for each child to receive two additional books in second and again in third…