Sheila Tuhy Some of us remember when Spot was a dog in the life of Dick and Jane who helped us learn to read. The SPOT introduced to The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke during the January 10 meeting is an acronym for a new vision screener demonstrated by Dr. Dan Twelker, the president of VOSH…
Phil Barney and Barbara Barr Who doesn’t need more exercise in the new year? At their January 3 meeting, members of The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke were shown simple home exercises by fitness coach Janis Bottai of Vital Moves to help them stay in shape. Janis shared four types of exercise needed for the human…
00Barbara Barr On Thursday, February 7 Emerson Knowles will present a Financial Forecast for 2019. Emerson is the Vice President of Merrill Lynch River Hills Group and he has also been a trainer for the Steven Covey organization. Between Emerson’s financial expertise and his speaking abilities, we know we are in for a rare treat!…
Barbara Barr The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke is hosting its annual Veterans Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 7 at the Vistas Dining Room at SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse. The buffet luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. and will be followed by a program to honor our Veterans. This Veterans Day Celebration is open to the public.…
Doug May and Barbara Barr Doug May recently spoke to the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke about the on- going efforts of our club and Rotary International to provide clean water for people of the world. The engineer and adjunct faculty member at the University of Arizona has been involved with two international Rotary projects to…
Stephen Argentati JoAnn Turnbull, the president and CEO of the local non-profit Handi-Dogs, Inc, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke about the variety of benefits derived from owning a dog and the differences between a service/assistance dog and a therapy dog. JoAnn also explained that in addition to more well-known positive effects such…
Barbara Barr The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke is hosting its annual Veterans Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 7 at the Vistas Dining Room at SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse. The buffet luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. and will be followed by a program to honor our Veterans. All Veterans and their spouses are welcome to…
Doug May On May 24, SaddleBrooke resident Dr. Robert Springer presented a program about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education at the middle school level to the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke. Robert received his PhD degree from the University of California at San Diego. His area of expertise is Visual Psychophysics – the relationship…
Stephen Argentati The 20th annual Fore For Kids charity golf tournament broke records this year and raised over $36,000 to be used to support youth-oriented charities in the local area. The tournament was created by the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, a service organization that focuses on service above self. At the most recent club meeting,…
Neil Deppe, President There is no password or secret handshake, just the word “Welcome.” I recently attended my first Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia; I found myself in the midst of over 20,000 Rotarians from over ninety-nine countries. Everywhere I looked, there were Rotarians in native dress always willing to shake my hand…