Friday, May 14th guests were treated to great food, wine, music and weather at the Budweiser Stage-Tulare County Fairgrounds. Eight Wineries shared their best with our guests and Milla Winery provided wine for all the tables. Twelve Restaurants provided plenty of hors d’oeuvres for all our guests. Congratulations to Hazel’s Kitchen for winning our “Best of Show” award for presentation. The eleven custom birdhouses alone helped raise more than $4400.
Thank you to El Diamante Jazz band for entertaining our guests with live music, Paul Thomton for serving as Master of Ceremonies, and Flint Epps for doing such a great job as auctioneer! Haagan Daz Ice Cream and A&W root beer floats added the sweet touch to the end of the evening. For two weeks prior to the event the birdhouses were displayed in Merchant windows along Main Street. Thank you to the Merchants and the Downtown Visalians for helping us spotlight these wonderful works of art.
Birdhouse Auction Committee: Armondo Apodaca, Billie Lange, Brad Board, Bart & Amanda Lang, Les White, Linda Crase, Sheri O’Hara, Vicki Stasch, Harry Wood, Gina Bionda, Lori Hagen and Deanna Saldana.
To Ron Rindge, Bart Lang, Glenn Crownover, Michael Young, Lemoore Naval Base, The Creative Center Foundation & Kathleen Remillard, Alice Quezada and the Girl Scout Troops of Hanford, Total Office Products, and all the volunteers,
we can not do it without you!
Join us on Friday May 13th, 2011 for the 6th Annual Birdhouse Auction.
Check out the 2010 Birdhouses! Click here!
Check out pictures from this year’s event! Click here!
Eagle Sponsor: Times Delta, Provident-Salierno Family Foundation
Red Tailed Hawk Sponsor: The Gas Company, Visalia Communtiy Bank
Blue Bird: Lagomarsino Group, KDUV, K-JUG, Wal*Mart DC, Central Valley Business Forms, AltSys Solar Inc., Doug Berg CPA, Shawn Washington Accountancy Inc., ServiceMaster by Benevento, Southern California Edison, Thrifty Nickel American Classifieds, Quad Knopf.
Table Sponsors: Jody Graves, Doug Lawrence, Greg & Linda Collins, Tom & Chrissy Hornburg, Ron & Jean Hoffman, Bart & Amanda Lang, Chris & Billie Lange, Vicki Stasch, Tony Taylor, Lonnie & Laurie Tiesiera, Harry & Ruth Wood, Ed & Jan Zisko, Alicia Sundstrom, Linda Crase, Joe Kuhn, Don Hutton.
Restaurant and Wine Sponsors
| Azul | Milla Winery |
| Alejandra’s | ASV Wines-Bill Nakata |
| Fugazzi’s | Engleman |
| Cafe 225 | Oak Hallow |
| Holiday Inn | La Belle Winery |
| Zhuo Marriott Hotel | Cacciatore Fine Wines |
| Vintage Press | Almesa Winery |
| Rosa’s | Eric Shannon |
| Hazel’s Kitchen | Sadie Mae’s Catering |
| La Piazza Ristorante Italino |
Pictures from the 4th Annual Birdhouse Auction
Pictures from the 3rd Annual Birdhouse Auction
Pictures from the 2nd Annual Birdhouse Auction
Pictures from the First Birdhouse Auction
Check out the 2009 Birdhouses. Click Here!
2008 birdhouses. Click here!
