Category: December 2025

Harvest for IMPACT

Sheilah Britton On a recent visit to the community garden, I was pleased to see an array of bins overflowing with ripening tomatoes hanging from four-foot plants; slender zucchini growing beneath healthy, green leaves; purple chard; fragrant herbs; and more. For the past seven weeks these bins, all bearing signs of assignation to IMPACT Food…

December at the Golden Goose

Ron Peck The Golden Goose Thrift Shop is your festive destination this holiday season! Join us for joyful shopping filled with silver and gold treasures, clothing, furniture, home décor, and so much more to bring cheer to your home. We will be closed on Dec. 25 to let our wonderful volunteers and donors celebrate with…

Come Support Oracle Center for the Arts!

Miriam Brock The next concert is Duo Prism, comprised of pianist Rieko Aizawa and violinist Jesse Mills. They are graduates of Julliard School and international prize winners. The duo has a passion for understanding the voice of every composer and illuminating the music as well as their own joy recreating it. The concert is Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. Tickets…

SaddleBrooke Singers Performing December 7

Cheri Emahiser This holiday season, the SaddleBrooke Singers present “A-Caroling We Go!” Tickets are on sale at DesertView Performing Arts Center, dvpac.net, and are only $25 for the 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 performance. Audience members will experience a festive journey that follows a group of carolers bringing music from porch to porch. With moments…

Deadline Reminder and How to Submit Articles

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SBR Employee Appreciation

Please join us in celebrating our SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) employees for the 14th year. Many of our employees here at the Ranch do not work in positions that provide residents with the opportunity to personally thank them throughout the year. All our employees play a big part in what makes the Ranch a special place…

Happy Holidays from Voices in the Oaks

Lu Legel Happy Holidays SaddleBrooke Ranchers! We all enjoy a good holiday concert, and this year’s concert is not to be missed. We will wish you Happy Holidays singing many of your favorites, some new tunes, and a few selections from Handel’s Messiah including the Hallelujah Chorus. Come join us after your favorite football game…

SBRTA Serve for the Cure

Sue Cook SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association (SBRTA) is immensely proud of our tennis community! The very dynamic tennis club hosted the annual Serve for the Cure, an amazing fundraiser for breast cancer awareness and prevention. Forty players participated in the fun and over a dozen volunteers worked tirelessly to make the event an enormous success!…