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15th Annual
Taste of Riverside

Oct. 12, 2024
6-9 p.m.

1177 Winters Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501

Open Bar (Beer and Wine)
Attire is Party Casual

For a smoother check-in, please visit the registration table when you arrive

Agenda
 

6:00

Cocktails and appetizers

Silent Auction

6:40
WELCOME!
Information About the Evening Ahead

6:50
Authentic Mexican Dinner and Dessert
Prepared by REC Families and Friends

8:00
Silent Auction Closes
Presentation from Kelly Ruess Board President

8:10
Student Presentation
REC Video

8:20
Live Auction and Raise the Paddle

8:40
Closing

Dinner Menu
 

Appetizers/ Aperitivos

Chips and salsa

Pickled slaw

Chaskas

Ceviche de soya


Dinner / Cena

Rice / Arroz (v)

Beans / Frijoles (v)

Calabacitas (v)

Pork / Pozole

Tacos (Pollo)

Tacos (Asada)

Flour and corn tortillas

Spicy Salsa

Tamales (Pork)

Tamales (Green chile / cheese) (v)

 

Desserts / Postres

Buñuelos

Tres Leche Cake

Choco Flan

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Beverages / Bebidas

Beer and wine

Aquafrescas (Jamaica, Horchata, and Piña)

Coffee

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(v) Vegetarian

Live Auction Items

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Escape the Cold Getaway

Donated by Pat Tucker

Escape the Cold Getaway

Spend January 18-25, 2025 at beautiful Park Royal Homestay in Los Tules Village Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Includes accommodations for 11 adults.

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Cimmaron Cabin

Donated by Vivian LyBarger

Enjoy a peaceful week-long getaway at a cabin in Cimmaron. The cabin can accommodate up to 9 people. Includes one full-day rental of snowmobile or side-by-side from Arrowhead Mountain Adventures.

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CMU Tech Cooking Class

Donated by CMU Tech

Experience a fun night learning from CMU Tech's culinary professor in an interactive cooking class for 6-8 people.

Personal Taste of Riverside

Donated by Maria Reyes

Enjoy an authentic Mexican meal for 8 people served directly to your home or venue.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Title Sponsor

The Private Bank at Timberline Bank/ Ashton Thomas Private Wealth

 

Platinum Sponsors

Alpine Bank

FCI Constructors, Inc

Jennifer Christ

PNCI Construction, Inc

Thomas Hunn Jewelers​

Ariel Clinical Services

Bank of Colorado

Bechtel & Santo

Blythe Group + co

Boots N Lace Auctioneering

Bray Real Estate

Chris Mahre & Associates

Colorado Mesa University

Daily Sentinel

Diagnostic Radiology Associates

Enstrom Candies

Butch & Pam Fischer

John & Sue Gormley

Todd & Angela Hegstrom

High Country Beverage

Hilltop Community Resources

David & Linda Hinson

Gold Sponsors

Colorado Health Foundation

Community Hospital

Shaw Construction

Shear, Inc

 

Silver Sponsors

Elevation Family Dental

Mt. Garfield Wealth Management

Lynne O'Connell

Ian & Lisa Howfield

Hoskin Farina & Kampf

Kyle & Cara Inman

JG Management Systems

Bob & Patti Johnson

Gregg & Kristine Kampf

Richard McCreanor

Chuck & Kendra McDaniel

Mesa County Valley School District 51

Anne Nederveld

Jackie & Pat Noonan

Ramsel Consulting, LLC

Brigitte Sündermann

Third Sector Innovations

Dick & Gaylene Thompson

Pat Tucker

Dan & Cheryl Wenzinger

Table Sponsors

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