The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke Has Just One Word: Plastics Barbara Barr Bengen Let me take you down memory lane 57 years to 1967 and the Academy Award–winning movie The Graduate. In his critically acclaimed film, young Dustin Hoffman plays recent college graduate, Benjamin Braddock. To celebrate Ben’s graduation, his parents throw a cocktail party.…
The SaddleBrooke Rotary Club is busy planning the 24th annual Fore For Kids Golf Tournament scheduled for Monday, April 22, at The Preserve Golf Club. This year the tournament is being co-sponsored by Arizona Hearing Specialists. Fore For Kids was held at MountView Country Club for many years before moving to Oro Valley Country Club…
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Supports the Golden Goose Frank Shipton Volunteer members of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary (SSR) Club gathered together as they prepared for the opening of “Midnight Madness” at the Golden Goose Thrift Shop in Catalina. SSR members volunteer each month in support of the Golden Goose event. Surprise! Frank Shipton Members of the…
Rotary International and Barbara Barr Bengen A group of third graders are going to be receiving a special gift—the gift of words. The Rotary dictionary project is a nationwide effort to provide young students with their own personal dictionaries. Members of the SaddleBrooke Rotary Club distribute the dictionaries to students in third grade at Mountain Vista…
Membership Numbers Continue to Increase Frank Shipton Recent continuing interest in Saddlebrooke Sunrise Rotary membership has resulted in a 20% increase in member numbers as more people discover what drives this small yet active service-oriented club. Our club members have found ways to give back to those in need throughout the Copper Corridor communities. Our…
Erin Newman On Oct. 15, a small group of women from SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) got together to shop for clothes, all in the name of fun and with no money changing hands! Each participant brought their gently worn clothes, shoes, purses, and accessories and in exchange for their donations, got to go shopping for free. The air…
Barbara Barr Bengen At the 2023 District 5500 Awards held in Tucson on June 25, the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke cleaned up on awards. While we have always been an award-winning club, this year, under the leadership of President Gordon Wainwright, was exceptional. Incoming president John Ozust and his wife, Monica, picked up the club’s…
Helping San Manuel Classrooms Be Lockdown Prepared Barbara Barr Bengen What does a school do to prepare classrooms for lockdowns? And what does a school do when there is no budget for lockdown preparation or supplies? The school turns to Rotary, the world’s largest volunteer organization. And the school turns to the Rotary Club of…
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotarian Honored Frank Shipton After nine years of outstanding and dedicated service, Mary Thompson is leaving the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club (SSR) and the SaddleBrooke Community to move back east near her family. As a demonstration of our club’s appreciation, Ron Lenz, the SSR president, presented Mary with certificates of appreciation and a…
Barbara Barr Members from all the Rotary Clubs in northwest Tucson gathered at the Marana Veterans’ Cemetery to participate in Wreaths Across America on Dec. 17. This included members from the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke and the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke Sunrise as well as the Rotary Clubs of Marana, Dove Mountain, and Oro Valley.…