MONTE VISTA—The Kiwanis Club of Monte Vista extends a big thank you to all who did their part to make the Crane Festival, including the Birders Breakfast, a huge success.

A thank you goes toMonte Vista Chamber of Commerce for planning and coordinating the event. Thanks to the vendors and information booths for providing goods to purchase and useful information. Thank you to the workshop leaders, tour guides and bus drivers for providing activities for festival attendees. Of course, without attendees the festival would be nothing. Thanks to all who attended.

The Kiwanis Club of Monte Vista is the local branch of Kiwanis International, a community service organization emphasizing “Serving the Children of the World.” Financing for the community service projects comes from fundraisers such as the Birders Breakfast. The Kiwanis give a special thank you to the sponsors who made the breakfast a successful fundraiser.

Special sponsors who support the Kiwanis Club of Monte Vista in various ways include: Kiwanis Club of Center - Provided the rotating grill to cook the eggs & pancakes; Central Church of Christ - Providing a place for the weekly Club meetings; IHOP - Donated all the pancake batter; Monte Vista Cooperative –Set the propane tank & donated the propane for the grill; Safeway – Supplied the groceries for the breakfast; Shades, Quilts & Etc – Designed and made the 2018 Crane Quilt; Sparkle Cleaners – Sam and Darlene clean all the coats donated to the Kiwanis/Rotary coat drive and then take them to the Monte Food Bank for distribution.

Gold sponsors include: Absolute Shine-Auto Body & Paint; Edward Jones-Financial Advisors: Jeff Keck and Michelle Roepke; Farm Credit of Southern Colorado; Rio Grande Motel, Monte Vista; Tri-County Senior Citizens and Housing, Inc and Wilbur-Ellis

Silver sponsors include Alpine Veterinary Hospital; Benjamin F. Gibbons, P.C.’ China Garden Chinese Restaurant; DQ Grill & Chill; First Christian Church; Klecker Farms; Mountain View Restaurant; Salon Herrera LLC; Southern Colorado Computer Services; San Luis Valley Auto Repair LLC; State Farm Insurance-Troy A. Plane, Agent; The Polished Edge and Wenta Nip & Sanitizing, LLC

Bronze sponsors include 360 Insurance Company-Shari Oliver, Agent; Monte Vista Big R Store; Dos Rios Restaurante; Hair Experience; KSLV/KYDN-Linda Pacheco, News/PSA Director; Mike Widger Farms; Ramstetter Farms; San Luis Valley Federal Bank; Sunflour Bakery; Sunflower Bank; The Petal'er; Top Value-Cost Foods; Torres Floral Design; Valley Monument Company; Walter S. Fullwood, C.P.A., P.C. and Widowmaker-apparel.