Esperanza En Escalante (EEE) is a local organization that exists to provide housing, social services, programs and transportation to assist a Veteran's transition into everyday life. To learn more about EEE click here. The Catalina Mountains chapter received a grant from The MOAA Foundation to provide new laptops to four EEE residents. Shown to the right, from left to right are Chapter President Chuck Vaughan and recipients Javier Duron, Joe Chlebowski, and Edward Gonzales receiving new laptops on 15 August 2023.
Every spring the Tucson chapter presents three ROTC John A. Devine memorial scholarships with a value of $1776.00 each and three ROTC awards with a medal. This spring's scholarship recipients are Navy Midshipman Justin Myers; USAF Cadet Jaiden Culberson; and Army Cadet Matthew Bassetti. Pictured to the far left is, left to right, Ensign Sydney Postle of the Navy ROTC unit with Navy Midshipman Natalie Pait (ROTC medal), Tom Owens, and Doug May, chapter scholarship chair. The picture in the middle shows, left to right, Ltc Singiser of the USAF ROTC unit, Cadet Jauden Culberson (scholarship award), Cadet Jack Weeks (ROTC medal) and Tom Owens. The picture on the right shows, left to right, Cadet Olivia Hajdys (ROTC medal), Capt Hernandez of the Army ROTC unit, Tom Owens and Doug May.
Chapter members sponsored a five-day fall break camp for children of Esperanza En Escalante residents. Twenty-two children participated in the camp; children and their chaperones visited the Desert Museum, the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, the Pima Air and Space Museaum (pictured to the left) and enjoyed a movie. Children were provided with lunch, snacks, a water bottle and sometimes breakfast. The children are already asking if they can go to camp again next year and where they'll be going.