Carol Michels The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) On-the-Go adventurers attended a fabulous performance at the University of Arizona School of Dance on Feb. 22. Prior to the event, we enjoyed a delightful outside brunch at Locale, a lovely Italian trattoria right in the heart of Tucson. The dance performance was held at an architectural…
Pam Hartwell-James The Women of Quail Creek’s very first In My Kitchen for 2025 was all about getting off to a healthy eating start for the new year! Dee Colicchia graciously set the stage with several delicious, easy snacks to fill up on without tipping the scale: apple nachos with homemade toffee drizzle, festive chocolate…
Inna Shames Are you a woman who moved to Quail Creek recently, or a few years ago, or even 10+ years ago? You are retired or close to retiring. You want to do something meaningful, fun, or stimulating, or, better yet, all of the above, but you’re not sure you’re quite the “Women’s Club Type.”…
Lisa Stilson The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) Scholarship Committee needs your help, and it won’t cost you a dime! Do you know a graduating high school senior woman from Walden Grove, Sahuarita, or Rio Rico High School? Or an “older” woman (over 21) living in Pima or Santa Cruz County who is going back…
Inna Shames The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) Board started the year off with a “get to know us” event open to all TWOQC members. Coffee and Pastries with the TWOQC Board was held at the Madera clubhouse on Jan. 13 from 9 to 11 a.m. It was a great opportunity for TWOQC membership to…
Inna Shames On a beautiful December morning in Quail Creek, five women from The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) gathered in Janet Rumford’s Crafty Casita to make beautiful paper flowers, something most of us have not done since we were small children playing with colored tissue paper! And the raw materials used here actually came…
Inna Shames Meet the new board of The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization involved in activities benefiting the local community. Debi Gutknecht, president, moved to Quail Creek in 2022 and joined TWOQC shortly thereafter. She got involved in numerous programs, including teaching Zentangle classes and a workshop on building resilience…
Nancy Jacobs The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) annual Holiday Luncheon was held at the Madera clubhouse on Dec. 10. The event was attended by 117 TWOQC members and guests. A festive luncheon menu consisted of Chicken Florentine over angel hair pasta, with glazed carrots and a Caesar salad. After lunch was served, the first…
Inna Shames and Margie Barber The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) Scholarship Matching Funds Program is just two years young and going strong! In 2023 a small group of donors who wanted to help grow the TWOQC Scholarship Program came up with a unique incentive: a donation of $40,000, which was to be used as…
Pat Holmes and Margie Barber Sometimes life just works out in a way that lets you help others while also helping yourself! Do you have a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) coming up before the 2024 tax year ends? It will be taxable income and may well shoot you up into a higher tax bracket. Rather…