Category: Generals

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Betty Ryan safely distributing gift certificates for children and families to Lydia Smith of Mountain Vista school in Oracle.

Adopt-A-Family 2020 Kim Schweitzer and Betty Ryan, Co-Chairs For the last 11 years, SaddleBrooke Ranch has participated in the Adopt-A-Family project. In the past, Ranch residents would choose an angel from our tree which contained the name, age, size, and wish list of holiday items for a child or adult. The names are provided by…

Back to the Garden: High Altitude Orange Blossoms

Sheilah Britton The image of plump, colorful fruit against a background of verdant green foliage leaves a lasting impression on any visitor to the Southwest who has left a white, snow-covered universe in the midst of winter. There is something slightly liberating about being able to pick fruit from a tree in your backyard, peel…

Newcomers Are Welcomed Virtually

Linda Shannon-Hills and Linda Harvey The Newcomers Program would like to welcome our new residents that closed in November and December of 2020. Due to the pandemic, our Newcomers Welcome has not been able to hold face-to-face gatherings. Rather we are meeting via Zoom. While some of the people listed here have had their photos…

Unit Happenings

Winner of the Funniest House lighting display (Tim and Julie Malone)

Unit 16B Christmas Decorations Laurie McCoy Given a challenge to decorate for the holidays, Unit 16B embraced the opportunity and awarded the three best. Between Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 neighbors voted for who they believed provided the best decorations in the community. The competition was stiff with snowmen, angels, gnomes, Santa, a golfing moose,…

Tucson Desert Art Museum Opens 2021 With a New Exhibition

Krista Stoker The Tucson Desert Art Museum is pleased to present “All the Single Ladies: Women Pioneers of the American West.” This informative exhibition tells select stories from the trailblazing lives of unmarried women in the 19th century, who were homesteaders, Harvey girls, boarding house owners, teachers, madams, prostitutes, and entertainers. This exhibition demonstrates how these…

Grief Support in 2021

Kristina R. Turner The GriefShare Ministry of Community Church at SaddleBrooke is holding ongoing special educational and support seminars for people who are grieving. You will find encouragement, comfort, and help in grieving the loss of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, other family member, or friend. These DVD seminars feature nationally respected counselors and grief…

Master Gardeners Presents: February Education Program

Sheilah Britton Your SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to join us for an online Community Education program with Kim Matsushino of the Tucson Audubon Society on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. Kim will speak on the topic “Creating Beneficial Habitats for Birds and Pollinators.” Kim Matsushino is a native Tucsonan who…