Breakfast In The Valley
Mark your calendars for this annual event, organized by the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce, which celebrates the importance of agriculture in our local economy. Held on the second Friday in June at the Eau Claire County Exposition Center, more than 300 Eau Claire Chamber volunteers begin serving breakfast from 5 a.m. -10 a.m. to more than 3,000 people. The menu includes scrambled eggs with ham, cheese and mushrooms, muffins, sliced cheeses, coffee, milk and juice. Breakfast isn’t complete without the traditional
Breakfast in the Valley dessert of custard, corn flakes and strawberries. Breakfast is served until 10:00 a.m.
Other highlights of the breakfast include agricultural displays, milk drinking contest with local celebrities and several door prizes.
At the Breakfast, the Eau Claire Chamber’s Agri-Business Committee presents the annual Friend of Agriculture Award to a member of the community for his or her support of agriculture. Past winners have been:
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1990 |
Pat Keliher |
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1991 |
Cal Kramer |
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1992 |
Cleasby & Schacht Families |
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1993 |
Gordie Hoff |
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1994 |
Tom Lawin |
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1995 |
Chauncey Cooke |
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1996 |
Ken Mueller |
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1997 |
Bob Bosold |
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1998 |
Bob Carroll |
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1999 |
Jane Mueller |
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2000 |
Don Sobotta |
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2001 |
Keith Jones |
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2002 |
Todd Kohlhepp |
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2003 |
Butch and Maryellen Boettcher |
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2004 |
Eldor & Dorothy Henning |
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2005 |
LaVerne Ausman |
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2006 |
Gary Evans |
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2007 |
Sam Rineck |
Sponsors
Breakfast in the Valley is made possible because of the generous support of our sponsors. If you are an Eau Claire Chamber member and would like to sponsor the 2008 Breakfast in the Valley, please complete the sponsorship form. If you are not a Chamber member, please complete a non-member sponsorship
form. Sponsors receive complimentary breakfast tickets and recognition at the event and in the Chamber’s Valley Business newsletter. The Chamber would like to thank the 2007 sponsors of Breakfast in the Valley.