The first annual Mardi Gras Masquerade Blender was a solid success for IVYPO. The event held Saturday, February 21 at the Elks in El Centro proved to be a hit. Featuring heavy hors d'oeuvers from Applebee's, music from DJR2 EK Party Rockers and World Class Casino Entertainment, the event drew in nearly 500 people to enjoy the best of IVYPO and Mardi Gras.

A big thank you goes out to our incredible sponsors who made this event possible:

Gold Sponsors
Applebee's
Arctic Air
Imperial Valley Press
Fox9/ABC5/T35
Gordon's Carpet One
The Valley's Q96/Real Country KROP

Purple Sponsors
Conveyor Group
Cynthia's Flower Connection
The Home Depot
Spectrum Advertising
Sundance Staffing & Search
Time Warner Cable

Green Sponsors
760 Real Estate
Airgas
Alford Distributing
Alsco
Brawley Inn Hotel & Conference Center
CR&R
Desert Security Services
IID
Imperial Printers
Imperial Valley Mall
Jager
Lamar
Rockstar Energy Drink
Rogers & Rogers
Ryan D. Childers - Attorney at Law
Walmart

Also, thank you to the committee, led by event chair Kevin Rachford, for all their hard work organizing this incredible event. It's going to be hard to top next year, but I'm sure this team can do it again. For the news story on the event visit the Imperial Valley Press website.