Patti R. Albaugh What is a cause-based club? Rotary Club International has created a new model for club structure and activity, and SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club has adopted the new format. It’s a simpler club model with less administrative hassle, fewer meetings, and quality time with fellow members doing self-selected projects. In this model, members…
Barbara Barr and Elaine Terry Each year the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke assists well deserving area youth in reaching their educational dreams and goals. The club not only awards scholarships for students for their college education, but has recently added scholarships for students to attend vocational educational programs. This year the new Vocational Scholarships will be…
Barbara Barr While the pandemic has been difficult for all of us, it has also opened doors to new opportunities. For the Rotarians of The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, one such opportunity was a joint Rotary meeting with the Rotary Club of Blairgowrie of Blairgowrie, Scotland. Since both the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke and the…
Barbara Barr The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke celebrated on October 15 as our Past District Governor, Ellie Patterson, presented our club with the highest award in Rotary International. The prodigious “Presidential Citation” was awarded to our club for the 2019-20 year. The award uses four different levels of recognition. The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke was…
Barbara Barr The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke will be honoring our veterans at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in a Zoom meeting. Brigadier General Ronald E. Shoopman will present a very special Veterans Day Message to veterans, guests, and Rotarians. Veterans and guests are welcome to attend and help us honor our veterans. We are so…
Barbara Barr Our Veterans did not give up on fighting for us, and The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke is not going to give up on honoring our Vets. One way or another, we are going to be honoring our Veterans in November. We have a Plan A and a Plan B. But we still need…
Barbara Barr During the past few weeks, the life and legend of Lute Olson has been a major feature of the Tucson and Arizona landscape. You’ve probably read and heard many stories about this great man, who was inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. But…
Barbara Barr During the pandemic, The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke never missed a beat. We continued to meet every Thursday on Zoom and called our meeting ZOOM at NOON. We had dozens of committee and planning meetings on Zoom. We even had a Zoom happy hour. But while we kept working and playing together with…
Barbara Barr The day before Easter sunday was cold and rainy, but that didn’t keep hundreds of families away from the Oracle Community Center to pick up fresh produce for their families. The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke and Rotary District 5500 raised money to provide 7,000 pounds of produce for families in need in the…
Barbara Barr One of the best things about being a Rotarian is that you get to really make a difference, locally and globally. One of the greatest joys of the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke has been funding a robotics program in an area school. When you see the excitement in the student’s eyes, you know what difference…