Make a difference with a donation to SBCO SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) provides children with opportunities to succeed by supporting numerous programs that provide food, clothing and educational opportunities in nearby communities. Some of the programs we support with money and volunteer labor include: Kids’ Closet provides new school clothing for children from Head Start through…
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October 2017
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach
Nancy McCluskey-Moore Since the summer of 2001 students between the ages of 13 and 18 have purchased new clothing and school supplies through the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Teen Closet. Students from San Manuel, Canada del Oro and Ironwood Ridge High Schools eagerly shop in Target and Ross with the assistance of a volunteer and…
October 2017
Ready, set, walk!
Nancy McCluskey-Moore On Saturday, October 28, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) will be hosting its 21st annual Walkathon. This event helps to raise the funds needed to support a wide range of food, clothing and education programs that benefit youngsters living in nearby communities. The Walkathon begins at 7:40 a.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse parking…
October 2017
Shred, recycle and donate in one easy step
Nancy McCluskey-Moore Is your home cluttered with useless paper files and electronics? Pack up those unwanted items and bring them to the shredding and recycling event on Saturday, November 11, from 9:00 a.m. to noon or until the truck is full. The event, hosted by Long Realty, Golder Ranch, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach and the Beacon…
September 2017
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
Time to register for the Walkathon The 21st annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Walkathon will be held on Saturday, October 28. Plan now to participate and enhance the lives of many children in nearby communities. The event raises funds for SBCO’s many programs including Kids’ Closet, Teen Closet, educational opportunities and food donations to the…
September 2017
Kids’ Closet improves lives
Since its inception in 1996, Kids’ Closet has focused on providing children with new school clothing to raise their self-esteem and school attendance. Each school year, in the fall and spring, thousands of students from rural communities eagerly await their opportunity to come to the custom-built Kids’ Closet in Mammoth. Children eligible to receive free…
August 2017
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
SBCO supports “College for Kids” Each summer Central Arizona College Foundation offers a two-week science enrichment program, “College for Kids,” for 50 children between the ages of seven and 11. Students from Oracle, San Manuel, Mammoth, Dudleyville, Hayden, Kearney and Superior come to the Central Arizona College campus to participate in hands-on activities led by…
July 2017
Put your aluminum cans to work
For more than a decade SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) has been recycling donated aluminum cans to raise funds for clothing, food and educational programs that benefit children in nearby communities. Using the recycling services of Tucson Iron & Metal, SBCO has to date raised $48,099. To recycle bags or boxes full of aluminum cans simply…
July 2017
Summer is backpack season
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach’s Kid’s Closet doesn’t go on hiatus even when the school year ends. Annually the program purchases backpacks and fills them with grade-appropriate school supplies for the coming school year. Backpacks have already been purchased and loaded with much-needed supplies such as ruled paper, folders, scissors, pencils, glue, eraser and crayons. In May…
July 2017
Bring home those little bottles of shampoo
Going on vacation? Bring home from your hotel stay those unopened bottles of shampoo, conditioner or lotion and Kid’s Closet will put them to good use. Annually in the spring and fall Kid’s Closet provides school wardrobes to approximately 3,300 needy children in our tri-county area. In addition to shoes, clothing and books, they are…