Residents of SaddleBrooke Communities Make SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Food Drive a Success | Community

The compassionate residents of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch made this year’s Annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Food Drive a great success. The food drive raised at total of $139,420 and approximately 9,500 pounds of food. This is a wonderful result and the families assisted by the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB), as well as its Board of Directors and volunteers, are deeply grateful for this outpouring of support.

Thanks to your continued generosity, the TCFB was able to provide over 4,200 food boxes in 2024 to an unduplicated count of 577 households totaling 1,588 individuals. These households can receive up to two food boxes a month, each containing a three-day supply of food.

Speaking on behalf of the TCFB Executive Board, Gary Tindall said, “SBCO’s Food Drive donations are critical in enabling us to continue the TCFB mission, ‘Feeding Neighbors in SE Pinal County.’ Many of our clients live below the poverty level and receive their monthly food requirements from the Food Bank. The generosity of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents in food and monetary donations, and in volunteer hours, ensure that we can successfully fulfill our mission in 2025. Our deepest gratitude and thanks to all who participated in this wonderful, annual event.”

The Food Drive accepted food donations and monetary contributions made online or with checks. Volunteers from SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, Sunrise Rotary, Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, TCFB and Teen Closet students enjoyed the warm weather and comradery of sorting through the food donations, boxing and loading them on trucks and unloading the donations at TCFB. All monetary contributions will go directly to grocery purchases and related expenses. Both SBCO and TCFB are all-volunteer organizations and IRS 501©(3) and Arizona non-profit charitable organizations, so donations made to these organizations are tax deductible.

SBCO and TCFB thank the many SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents who made such a great difference in the lives of those in need, especially the SaddleBrooke Unit Food Drive Captains:

Unit # Name

• 1/1A — Casey Domalewski, Julie & Jim Long
• 2 — Melanie Stout, Tom Young
• 3N — Maggie Lammers, Candy Brockey
• 3S — Beth & Dan Conquest
• 4 — Linda Holt
• 5 — Becky & Steve Spence
• 6 — Linda Henriksen
• 7 — Kathie Garman
• 8 — Heidi Wagner
• 8A — Donna O’Shea
• 9 — Ted Crowley
• 10 — Eileen Snearly
• 10A — Lauri LeClair
• 11 — Dee & Gary Zellinger
• 12 — Mike & Chris Havnaer
• 14 — Barb Turner
• 15 — Gale & Sharon Crosby, Marcia VanOmmeran
• 16 — Scott Erwin
• 17 -Patrick Polencheck
• 18 — Lorna & Mark Kitchen, Moe & Deb Heist
• 19 — Lorna & Mark Kitchen, Moe & Deb Heist
• 20 — Ruby Okada & Mike Hatmaker
• 21 — Lou Stephenson
• 22 — Cookie Kaplan
• 23 — Patrick & Eileen Hansen
• 24 — Marji Quire
• 25 — Bill Rigg
• 27 — Karen Erickson
• 28 — Marilyn & John Ginther, Cindy Bennett
• 29 — Sandy Miller
• 30 — Linda DeWitt
• 31 — Janet Eby, Karen & Tim Roberts
• 32 — Missy Rodey
• 33 — Cash Striplin
• 35/35A — Debra & Dwight Cox
• 36 Blue — Barb & Warren Wiwat
• 36 Yellow — Lori Hill
• 36 Orange — Kathy Hampton
• 42 — Kathy Mathews, Linda Schmitz
• 43 — Kathy Bosza, Ann VanSickel
• 44A — Jane & Keith Schiller;
• 44B — Susan Schweitzer, Jane & Keith Schiller
• 45 — David & Kathleen Eaton, Valerie Zink
• 46/46A — Rex Witherspoon
• 47 — Kim Seales
• 48/48A — Jane Lahman
• 49 — Andrea Sahl
• 50 — Anne Williams, Andrea Stephens