Christa Quackenbush Over 40 bakers, along with a handful of other dedicated volunteers, filled four SUVs with homemade treats—each item baked from scratch and destined for the Democratic Club of Robson Ranch’s (DCRR) biannual bake sale, held outside the Hermosa Ballroom during the Arts and Craft Fair. Each year, the sale grows a little bigger—and…
Martin Bender The mission of Honor Flight Arizona is to pay homage to World War II, Cold War, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans by providing for them a three-day journey of honor and remembrance to their memorials in Washington, D.C. The Arizona chapter of Honor Flight was formed in 2008 and to date has…
Martin Bender Lining the main boulevards of Robson Ranch with American Flags on military–related holidays is the most visible activity of Support Our Troops-AZ (SOT-AZ). The organization’s primary mission, however, is to provide support to our active-duty military, veterans, military families, veterans organizations, and military related community programs. In the past four years, SOT-AZ has…
Friday, March 21, is the date of the 5th Annual Golf Tournament benefiting Valley Humane Society (VHS), held this year at Robson Ranch. Many paws up for Jane and Rich Johnson, residents of Robson Ranch, who have been the energy behind all five! Rich and Jane are passionate volunteers for Valley Humane, and, in addition…
M.R. Bender On Jan. 25, Support Our Troops-Arizona (SOT-AZ) board members presented a check for $3,000 to the Eloy Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Composite Squadron 131. The Squadron was chartered in 2018 to partner with the local schools expanding upon the aerospace education already being taught in the schools and to introduce the CAP cadets…
Rev. Donna Vande Kieft The Virtues Connections group, a Robson Ranch group that meets regularly, led by Betsy Lydle Smith, Master Virtues Facilitator extraordinaire, defines the “Service” virtue in this way: “Using our gifts to be of service is the fullest expression of our lives. Each day we find a multitude of ways to be…
Donna Vande Kieft On June 6, we celebrated the heroes who were at Normandy Beach on that day 80 years ago. One survivor at 101 years old said, “I’ve done all the emoting I need to do over D-day.” He had gone back 30 years ago, and that was enough. Another survivor said, “The heroes…
Nancy K. Glass The Robson Ranch Adopt-a-Highway project was an overwhelming success this April. We had a wonderful group of volunteers who came out ready to take on the trash along the mile to the west of the entrance to Robson and a mile to the east on Jimmie Kerr Blvd. We had a beautiful…
Conrad Tolson Local school representatives were guest speakers at the October Robson Ranch Republican Club meeting. This was a very informative meeting that gave us a better understanding of public instruction in Pinal County, schools in our community, and of opportunities for service. Our speakers were Jeff Lavender, superintendent of Casa Grande Union HS District,…
Lisa Hunt Mark your calendars for Sunday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m. to visit adoptable pets from Valley Humane Society (VHS). Representatives will be here at Robson Ranch at the Softball Field parking lot area near the flagpole. You will be able to meet a variety of puppies and adult dogs (and maybe a few…