Welcome to the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke! You may have found this page as you were looking for a club near you, or as a current member checking in. Either way, you are in the right place.
Our club is growing and making a difference in the communities we serve. You can be a part of that! We have fun weekly meetings with interesting programs. Come join us for lunch on Thursdays at the Ranch House Grill at Brewery at SaddleBrooke Ranch.
As you can see from this site, we have many volunteer opportunities if hands on projects are what you are looking for. From highway clean-up, painting crews, to meal deliveries, our club is continually looking for ways to serve.
Please join us at our upcoming fundraising event “Inspiration in The Desert” featuring Tucson’s renowned artist and philanthropist, Diane Madaras. The event will be held on April 9, 2022, at the Sol Ballroom at SaddleBrooke Ranch. Tickets are going fast; be sure you don’t get left out. You can purchase the tickets on this site.
If you want to have fun, meet new friends, and make a difference in our local community, you are in the right place.
Hope to see you on Thursday!
Liese Razzeto
President
The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke
On Wednesday of this week (3/16/2022) we will meet at the Ranch House to plan for our future. This will be our fourth session in five years. In the past we have taken away from planning sessions a better understanding of just what Saddlebrooke Rotary has to offer and what is needed to make it a more effective service club. This year's session will be led by President Liese Razzeto and President Elect Gordon Wainwright. Past President Joe Guyton will assist. This year there will be 2 parts to the session.
All members are welcome to attend. The schedule is below:
Session 1
Wednesday, March 16
Start time 12:30 PM
End time 4:00 PM
Facilitator
Topic/Module
Liese
INTRODUCTION
Joe
ROTARY’S CORE VALUES
Liese
REVIEW MISSION
Gordon
REVIEW VISION
Liese
HOW HAVE WE DONE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
Joe
REVIEW SURVEYS
Gordon
S.W.O.T.
Gordon
STRENGTHS
Break
Liese
WEAKNESSES
Gordon
OPPORTUNITIES
Joe
THREATS
Gordon
WRAP UP
Session/Workshop 2
To be determined
Session 2 will pick up where Session leaves off. Action Plans will be developed by committees, financial plans will be added and the plan will be completed.
SaddleBrooke Rotarians and guests can look ahead to a fantastic line-up of programs in 2022. Here are some you will enjoy:
March 17, 2022
Charles Woodward, Ranger, Coronado National Forest
Big Horn Fire of 2020 in the Santa Catalina Mountains
Santa Catalina Ranger District welcomes new Ranger
Release Date: May 15, 2018
TUCSON, AZ (May 15, 2018) – The Santa Catalina Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest welcomes Charles Woodard as District Ranger. This week is his first on the district encompassing the Santa Catalina Mountains and a portion of the Rincon Mountains.
Charles began his career with the Agricultural Research Service in Stoneville, Mississippi at age 16 as an animal caretaker in the catfish genetics lab. He then earned an USDA 1890 Scholarship to Tuskegee University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Environment, Natural Resources, and Plant Sciences with an emphasis in wildlife.
Upon graduation, Charles was converted into a wildlife biologist position on the Wall Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest. There he worked primarily with endangered black-footed ferrets and black tailed prairie dogs battling sylvatic plague.
In 2014, he became the Area Wildlife Biologist/Natural Resource Staff Officer on the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area on the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest.
As the Natural Resources Team Lead he was responsible for all wildlife, botanical, geographic information systems, hazardous fuels, and wild horse and burro programs, and approximately $4.3 million of projects funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. His time there resulted in him working with many partners such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Nevada Department of Transportation, Nevada Department of Forestry, Great Basin Institute, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Charles and his wife, Whitney, have a two-year-year old daughter named Ellery and another daughter on the way.
Registration is now open. Seating will be limited so register early. Tables of 10 may be reserved for your group by calling Wendy Guyton at 520-404-5712.
SaddleBrooke Rotary will once again bring to our community a very interesting and enjoyable program featuring the artwork of Diana Madaras. This fundraising event will provide funding for youth and community charities which work hard to enhance the lives of children and others.
Description: Diana will bring much of her artwork. She has also invited other Tucson artists to join her. We will have door prizes, a raffle, and a live auction.
The name Diana Madaras has become synonymous with Tucson and her bold, colorful artwork recently earned her Tucson's vote for Best Visual Artist for the seventh time. Dozens of newspaper and magazine articles have been written about her and her work, and she has been featured on television shows produced by NBC, CBS, and PBS affiliates. She is president of the nonprofit Art for Animals Foundation, a charity she founded that has raised more than $200,000 to help abused, injured and orphaned animals.
Much in demand for commissioned artwork, Madaras has completed paintings for many of the major resorts in Tucson including the Hilton El Conquistador, Westin La Paloma, Loews Ventana Canyon, Canyon Ranch and Miraval.
She also has created eight paintings for the estate of the former President of Mexico.
Her art is featured at Tucson International Airport and has appeared on the covers of 12 magazines including Art Book of the West, The American Veterinary Hospital Journal, and Tucson Lifestyle Magazine.
Her book, The Colors of Tucson, gives the reader a unique tour of Tucson through her paintings from the last 27 years.
Linda Bradner, one of our Amigos, is embarking on a year-long project to make lap quilts and kids’ quilts for our Club to give as Christmas gifts to low-income families. She is collecting used blankets and flannel sheets to use as batting inside the quilts. The blankets will be totally invisible in the quilts, so it’s okay if they are stained, have holes, and are thin and ragged. Linda just had two requests: Please wash blankets prior to donating, and please remove wires from electric blankets.
Linda attends our meetings on Zoom, so Barbara Barr has kindly agreed to collect the blankets at our meetings. Monica Oszust will be assisting Linda in the sewing. Questions? Please contact Linda at 520-818-3169 or at lederhosenkid@yahoo.com.
Saddlebrooke Rotarians joined together with many volunteers from the Oracle community to help beautify American Avenue in Oracle. Working with the Oracle Community Center 37 volunteers pulled 48 bags of trash from American Ave today! Thanks to all the individuals, organizations, and businesses who participated to help us Keep It Clean!
Rotarian volunteers were: Diane and Curt Prickett, Jim Fry, Liese Razzeto, Bill Demeroutis, Dan Green, Linda and Dave Daubers
Our Community Services Committee has volunteered to patch walls and paint the Impact suite in the strip mall at 15930 N. Oracle in Catalina. This weekend a crew consisting of Bill and Diane Demeroutis, Chris Millar, Gordon Wainwright, and Ed Lueck began patching and prepping the walls.
At the club meeting on January 27th, 2020-2021 Rotary District 5500 Governor, Diane Ventura-Goodyear presented the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke with the Rotary Citation for Rotary year 2020-2021. The Rotary Citation is awarded to clubs for achieving Goals include increasing club membership, developing sustainable service projects, giving to The Rotary Foundation, and building awareness of Rotary in your community.
Past Presidents Barbara Barr and Joe Guyton receive for the club the Rotary Citation from 2020-2021 District Governor Diane Ventura-Goodyear.
PDG Diane also recognized the club with an achievement award for its contribution to the 2020-2021 Rotary Polio Plus Campaign. Tom Turriff, the Chairman of the annual campaign was not present to receive the award but Club President, Liese Razzeto and riders in the most recent Ride to End Polio received it for the Club.
Left to Right: Bill Demeroutis, Doug May, Liese Razzeto, Eric Erickson, Monica Oszust and John Oszust.
Saddlebrooke Rotary members partnered with the Oracle Community Center to purchase, assemble and distribute 25 baskets to Home Alone seniors in the Oracle area.
Baskets were assembled by Members of Oracle community center, OWN and a member from Home Alert who evaluated the needs of the home bound seniors.
The baskets contained:
Apples Oranges Mugs Hot chocolate Popcorn Knitted slipper socks Soap Lotion Lip balm Dish towels Ghiradelli chocolate
Barbara Barr, Linda Howard and Diane Demeroutis made cookies. Bill Demeroutis did double duty as a Club member and also a Board member of the Oracle Community Center. Bill and Liese Razzeto shopped with $400.00 donated by the SaddleBrooke Rotary Club Foundation for the goodies.
The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke made a major donation of books to the Mountain Vista Elementary School in Oracle.
Over 700 new age-appropriate books were delivered by Rotarians to Mountain Vista for their upcoming Summer Youth Program.
Pictured above (l to r) Crystal Nehmeyer, Superintendent of Schools, Liese Razzeto, Shanon Soule, Principal, Harvey Smith and Elaine Terry, Chair of Youth Services Committee. Not pictured was Don Terry.
Club Information
Welcome
Service Above Self
Thursdays at 11:30 AM
Saddlebrooke Ranch Club House and Zoom
31143 S E Amenity Dr suite 2
Oracle, AZ 85623 United States of America
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