An upcoming breakfast event will honor nonprofit organizations in Mesa County and the individuals and businesses that support them.

The Community Impact Council, a coalition of 80 local nonprofits and their supporters, has scheduled the event for 8 to 9:30 a.m. March 12 at the Colorado Mesa University ballroom in Grand Junction. The event is open to the public. Tickets sell for $25 and are available online from the website at www.communityimpactcouncil.org.

Nonprofit leaders, community volunteers and philanthropic efforts will be recognized at the event.

Christi Reece, owner and team leader of the Christi Reece Group real estate firm in Grand Junction, will receive the Living Legacy Award in recognition of her philanthropic efforts. Since its inception in June 2019, the Christi Reece Group Circle Fund has donated $334,500 to a variety of local nonprofits.

Christy Whitney, founder of HopeWest, is scheduled to deliver the keynote presentation. Until her retirement, Whitney served as president and chief executive officer of HopeWest for almost 30 years. What started out as a single facility operated out of a home grew into an organization with an in-patient hospice center in Grand Junction and offices in four other communities serving Mesa County and five other counties in western Colorado.