Phyllis Ketring Volunteers are the key to the ongoing success of the SaddleBrooke Health Fair. There is still time to sign up. Email Sally Sample at samplesaly@aol.com. Shifts are 90 minutes of fun. The Health Fair celebrates its twentieth anniversary on Saturday, October 14, 9:00 a.m. to noon. The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy…
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The Health Fair has vacancies on every team right now. That is good news if you have a particular preference. We need people to greet vendors, provide information and assist during the fair, help with surveys and support vendors as they take down exhibits. One of the most pressing needs is…
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The SaddleBrooke Health Fair celebrates its 20th anniversary Saturday morning, October 14. The planning committee is already actively seeking volunteers. The Health Fair relies on over 100–125 volunteers to serve the 50 exhibitors and over 1,000 attendees. One of the reasons for the high number is that each volunteer works only…
Leah M. Chavez The Holualoa Tucson Marathon is looking for volunteers between Thursday, December 7 and Saturday, December 10. Activities include handing out race day materials to runners during the expo at the Hotel El Conquistador and handing out goodies on race day at The Golder Fire Department. Shifts and times vary depending on the…
Susan Shear Many of us come from families who once were refugees. Some of our families escaped persecution, trauma and death. As I know from the stories of my family of refugees who escaped the Nazis in the 1930s, it is incredibly difficult to come to a new country from a completely different culture, unable…
Mark your calendars; it’s almost that time again. The annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Food Drive will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Last year, through the generosity and support of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents, the drive collected over 19,000 pounds of non-perishable food items along with a very generous number of cash donations.…
Alastair Stone Carol singing sets the tone for the holiday season, and this year is no different. The fourth annual SBR Neighborhood Carol Singing will be held on Friday, December 11, at La Hacienda Clubhouse at 4:00 p.m. Christmas and Hanukkah songs will be sung near the Fireplace Lounge during happy hour. Then on Sunday,…
Dear Friends: It’s easy to spend $10 on lunch in SaddleBrooke Ranch without thinking twice. You may be surprised to learn that in the hands of Tri-Community Food Bank $10 will help provide meals for five children. In SE Pinal County children regularly face hunger. Food is a basic need: children cannot grow, thrive or…
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator It takes over 100 volunteers to make the annual Health Fair run smoothly. Volunteers work in 90-minute shifts, so everyone has time to visit exhibits at the fair before or after the volunteer shift. There are many ways to volunteer. The medical providers who exhibit at the fair especially welcome the…
The 18th annual Health Fair will be held on Saturday morning, October 17. The fair’s success depends upon volunteers willing to work a short shift on the morning of the fair. There are opportunities in several areas: greeting, information, immunizations, traffic, set up and take down, surveys and general assistance. If you have volunteered in…