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…
Inna Shames On Nov. 19 The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) held their annual Open House, a great opportunity for non-members to learn about this wonderful organization and for existing members to explore new programs and activities. If you missed it or if you didn’t stop at every table, here’s a quick overview: TWOQC’s membership…
Carol Michels On a bright and sunny day, Nov. 14, The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) On-The-Go group explored downtown Tucson, riding a modern Sun Link Streetcar. The streetcar is free, and the adventure started in the Mercado District just outside the bustle of downtown Tucson. It was, of course, essential that the group stop…
Peggy McGee The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) extend their deep appreciation to the many Quail Creek residents who so generously contributed to their collection for Genesis House for victims of abuse in the local area. The three-week collection period brought in much-needed supplies for the facility. The drive focused mainly on practical items like…
Inna Shames “It all started when we bought a new coffee maker that used different filters than what I had before,” said Janet Rumford. What to do with a pile of old coffee filters? “I dyed them different colors with diluted acrylic paint.” And the result? Paper flowers made of old coffee filters, of all…
All you cowgirls and cowboys sure outdid yourselves this year! The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) October 2024 Javelina Hoedown sold out at 324 tickets and set a record of money raised for scholarships. If you were there and bought one of the fabulous items in the silent auction or bought 50/50 raffle tickets, we…