Our Commitment to Our Community

With a goal to make a difference in people’s lives, the Blue Team’s commitment and dedication goes beyond selling Plumbing, Water Works, HVAC, Industrial and Irrigation products. Our aim is to enhance our communities and give back to the people who live, work and play in them.

Our Philosophy on Giving

The Blue Team is passionate about more than just our industry. We have a goal to make a difference in people’s lives, a goal to enhance our communities and the people in them.

To make that happen, we volunteer our time and efforts to a variety of local non-profit organizations and events.

Whether it’s volunteering for a fundraiser or sitting on a Board the Blue Team is committed to helping others. Some organizations we love to support include area schools, youth sports, Boys & Girls Clubs, Reno Rodeo Foundation, community churches, and many more.

In addition, the Blue Team has been a longtime supporter both internally and externally of educational programs and institutions in Northern Nevada. This includes, but is not limited to, area elementary, middle and high schools, as well as universities, junior colleges and charter schools. The Blue Team has funded specific individual programs, academic scholarships, athletics, building expansions and renovations, as well as fundraising events, scoreboards, athletic signage, new field turf, new locker rooms, program incentives, new school concession stands, school building campaigns, trade equipment, auction items and sporting team equipment. Our internal education support has led many of our employees to pursue educational opportunities while they are employed with the Blue Team.

For more information on Charitable Giving, please email Chogan@goblueteam.com

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Cioppino Feed

The Jack T. Reviglio Cioppino Feed & Auction’s history in the Truckee Meadows is as rich as the seafood broth that’s served. In the Club’s early years, the Women’s Auxiliary sponsored an annual dinner to raise money for the Club. The meal varied from year to year, but in 1981, Jack Reviglio decided the Club needed a signature dish for this signature fundraiser. He knew that Bud Sorensen made great cioppino, so he called Bud, who was at the Western Nevada Supply office in Mammoth.

Not only did Jack ask Bud to make his special cioppino, but he needed it that weekend. Bud rushed home from Mammoth, pooled help from a group of friends (and a lot of sherry) and bought out almost every seafood vendor in Reno. Somehow it all came together, and the 80 guests in attendance that night experienced the very first Jack T. Reviglio Cioppino Feed & Auction.

Over the next five years, the event more than doubled in size. Bob Capurro became a permanent volunteer, adding his Italian culinary expertise. Soon, the event outgrew the Club kitchen, and in 1986 and 1987, everything was cooked offsite and trucked to the Club. The kitchen was upgraded in 1988, but Cioppino was expanding full force.

It wasn’t until 2004 that a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation provided funds for a major facility expansion, including the installation of a commercial-grade kitchen. Of course, the construction on the building was in midstream in February 2004, which meant that our volunteers had to prepare food at the Washoe County School District headquarters and transport more than 1,200 cioppino dinners to the Club. In 2005, the new kitchen was complete. We like to say that the kitchen was built for Cioppino and just happens to work well for the kids the rest of the year.

The Cioppino Feed remains the Club’s signature fundraiser, bringing in almost 15% of their annual budget and impacting the lives of thousands of our local children.

While the torch has been passed to board member and Master Chef Colin Smith and a loyal group of Italian helpers, the star of the evening is still the cioppino, which is the same recipe Bob and Bud created some 40 years ago. The real fun comes with the live auction, where you can buy items and experiences you can’t find anywhere else (like one ton of potatoes).