Mortenson Raises $10,000 for Children’s Diabetes Foundation

Denver’s Mortenson Construction teamed with friends, family and business associates during a fund-raising golf tournament event for the Children’s Diabetes Foundation. Left to right, Bob Hansen and Derek Cunz of Mortenson, Tony Hinkel of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation of Denver and Heidi Koontz, a patient at the Barbara Davis Center.

Photo courtesy of Mortenson Construction

Mortenson Construction of Denver recently announced that the company has joined with friends, family and business associates to raise $10,000 for the Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver.

The fundraising effort was launched during the company’s golf tournament earlier this month at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood, which was attended by more than 175 people.

“One of our top priorities is to be contributing members of the local community, and our recent golf tournament was a great way for people to come together and support the important cause of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver,” said Bob Hansen, vice president of Mortenson.

The Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver’s mission is to raise funds to support the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes on the Anschutz Campus in Aurora. The nonprofit is solely dedicated to the support of research, educational programs and clinical care for childhood diabetes.

The champion sponsor of the tournament was Encore Electric. Other major sponsors included: RK Mechanical, Sturgeon Electric, Harmon Inc., Duro Electric, Canyon Valley Electric, Puma Steel, United Rentals, KL&A, AMI Mechanical, Martin/Martin Structural Engineers, Intermountain Electric, Zimmerman Metals, LPR Construction, SpaceCon, Leo A Daly, Hadji Engineering and PBS&J.