For 32 years, the Palo Verde Kiwanis Club sponsored a fall event raising in excess of $300,000 for Tucson charities. In 1994, when the club ceased to operate, PICOR formed a foundation to enable this endeavor to continue for years to come. The 2011 event will be held October 9th in Tucson’s Reid Park at Ramada #1 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm with performances by the Tucson Girls Chorus Ladybugs and youth Mariachi performers. Three bucks buys a full breakfast with all-you-can-eat pancakes, plus sausage and milk, with coffee donated and served by Starbucks. Of course, we’re happy to take additional donations for the kids in any amount.
Because PICOR contributes the labor and supplies, 100% of funds raised are donated to youth-serving charities. In 2010 the Pancake Breakfast raised over $33,500 and nearly 1,700 people attended the Breakfast staffed by PICOR employees and their family members. In its 18 years of existence, over $487,500 has been raised and donated to various charities benefiting disadvantaged youth in the Tucson community.
Some of the programs our 2010 grants supported provided basic needs to children such as diapers, blankets, shoes, and clothing; school supplies; books and literacy; arts program scholarships; teen homeless and pregnancy interventions and much more.
Our goal is to reach out to those charities that are generally lesser known within the community and/or those where our grants up to $3,000 will have the largest impact.
Donors who contribute $150 or more receive recognition in a full-page ad paid for by PICOR Commercial Real Estate and receive 60 tickets to the Pancake Breakfast. Patrons donating $300 or more are recognized on a poster displayed at the event and receive a minimum of 120 tickets. Donors who give $600 are considered benefactors, receiving 240 tickets and recognition in print media advertisement following the event.
Our call to action
- Donate!
- Volunteer!
- Attend!
Angels – $1,000 or more
Commerce Bank of Arizona
PICOR Commercial Real Estate
T&R Investments
Benefactors – $600 or more
Alice & Paul Baker
Campus Research Corporation
Carondelet Health Network
Chandler Commerce Center
Chestnut Construction
Gromatzky Dupree & Associates
ISS Facility Services
MC Companies
TMC Health Care
Patrons – $300 or more
Gary & Tandy Kippur
Palo Seco Corporation
Sage Tax Group
O’Rielly Motor Company
Amanti Electric Company
BFL Construction
The Knox Family
The Offshore Group
ACS Air Conditioning
Affinity Financial Group
Andy & Chris Mosko
Baker Peterson Baker & Associates
Beach Fleischman
Chuck Pettis
Complete Landscape
Cotlow Company
David & Maria Hooker
Diamond Ventures, Inc.
Environmental Control
Forest City SW
Holualoa Arizona
Jim Click Ford
Joanne & Howie Adams
Kazal Fire Protection
Kittle Design & Construction
Kolb Road Business Park LLC 1
Lewis and Roca
Mark McArthur
Mike and Leslie Hammond
Nature’s Landscape & Maintenance
Paul Hooker
R&R Products
Record Energy
River Square Offices
Roof USA
Shoppes at Courtyard
Side by Side Foundation
T.L. Roof & Associates
Territorial Newspapers/Tucson Weekly
Titan Restoration of Tucson
Tucson Property Investors dba Sierra Valencia Business Park
Vance Falbaum CIMA
VCI Development Co
Waste Management
Western Technologies, Inc.
Tom Nieman, has a diverse background in commercial real estate brokerage, development, and management since 1977. He joined PICOR in 1995, focusing on the office, medical and investment markets, becoming a Principal in 2001 and chairs the Charitable Foundation. He excels in providing the best solutions for the real estate requirements of developers, landlords, tenants and investors.
Barbi Reuter, RPA oversees PICOR’s operations, research, finance and new
media activities, liaises with the global services platform provided through the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, and serves as Associate Broker. One of 13 company Principals, she is active in industry and community leadership, through such organizations as Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Greater Tucson Leadership, Arizona Town Hall, and board work for the Tucson Girls Chorus and PICOR Charitable Foundation. 
