Happy holidays, Oro Valley! We hope you had a thankful and fulfilling Thanksgiving and are ready to enjoy the rest of 2025.
Holidays at the Pusch House Museum
Our current exhibit, Holidays Are for Everyone, is installed at Steam Pump Ranch and ready for visitors. With so many multicultural traditions celebrated this time of year, the exhibit highlights the richness of our area’s history and heritage. The Pusch House Museum is open from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday in December, except December 27. Volunteers will be on site to answer questions and provide additional information. Tours are self-guided and free, with donations gladly accepted.
Be Our Ranch Guest – December 6
Gift giving is also part of the season, and two nonprofit groups will be at the Museum on December 6 as part of the “Be Our Ranch Guest” program.
The Rotary Club of Oro Valley is partnering with Edge High School, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit eligible for the Arizona Public School Tax Credit. Edge provides an alternative education for students who have dropped out or are at risk of doing so, offering academics and personalized counseling to support student success. Rotary supports Edge students with school supplies, tutoring, field trips, and vocational counseling. They are requesting tangerines, granola bars, assorted single-serve chip bags, and Haribo Gold Gummy Bears.
Gap Ministries will also return with their request for new and unwrapped toys for foster children. Needed items include dolls, books, Lego® sets, ear pods, craft kits, sports balls, games, RC cars, makeup sets and mirrors, fidget toys, and trains.
Walking tours – December 13
On December 13, our naturalist will lead two gentle, hour-long tours of the Ranch at 9:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The tour covers plants, animals, geology, and the history of the Ranch and those who lived there. Tours conclude at the Heritage Garden, where winter crops such as lettuce, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, peas, radishes, arugula, beets, carrots, lentils, chickpeas, cilantro, parsley, and spinach have been planted. The walking tours are free.
The holidays are here, and we hope you will enjoy our exhibit, walking tours, the Heirloom Farmers Market, supporting high school students and foster children, and the joy that December Saturdays bring in Oro Valley.
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