Category: February 2026

We Need Your Shoes!

Roxanne Housley The Women of Quail Creek Community Outreach Committee has collected many donated items in the past, but this is the first time we’re asking for new and gently used shoes. Proceeds from the shoe donations will support United Community Health Center’s (UCHC) Pediatric Health Programs. UCHC was founded to ensure rural Southern Arizona…

TWOQC On The Go Visits the Gem & Mineral Museum

Darcy Siegfried The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) On The Go visited the Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum in early January. This internationally-known museum, uamineralmuseum.com, is run by the University of Arizona, along with a number of dedicated volunteers. We were greeted by two wonderful docents (David and Dave) whose passion for the museum…

Santa Rocks!

Janet Rumford and Inna Shames On a beautiful winter day, Arizona style—sunny and warm, of course—a group of women from The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) gathered in Janet’s casita to paint Santa rocks! As expected, there was some consistency: the red hat, the usual white beard, and all, but some snowmen sneaked in—a few…

New Year, New Board!

Inna Shames Meet The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) new board. It’s a new year, and TWOQC has a new board! Some of these women may be your friends or neighbors, but you might still learn a thing or two about them. Janet Shropshire, President, fell in love with Quail Creek when she and her…

Youth On Their Own Matching Fund

Connie Vaughan Caring Hearts & Hands of Quail Creek (CHHQC) is grateful to a group of anonymous donors who are matching all gifts up to $10,000 in support of Youth On Their Own (YOTO). This matching fund runs through Feb. 28, 2026. With the upcoming YOTO Fashion Show, which is to raise funds for YOTO,…

Help YOTO Load the Car!

Connie Vaughan Youth On Their Own (YOTO) needs Quail Creek residents’ help this winter. Sue Ann Ombremski, president of Caring Hearts & Hands of Quail Creek (CHHQC), was contacted by YOTO to see if Quail Creek residents could donate new blankets for YOTO’s Mini Mall where students shop for food, hygiene items, household goods, and…

Fourth Quarter Photo Challenge Winners

Bruce Hartsell Photography Club members voted for Mark Cohen’s image Chairs at Hostage Square as the best photo in the fourth quarter photography challenge on the theme “Textures and Patterns.” Mark explained that “Hostage Square is a space in downtown Tel Aviv that is dedicated to the 253 hostages taken by Hamas during the invasion…