
This year’s sold out event celebrates the 12th annual Hoops & Hoopla hosted at Infinity Park and presented by Greiner Electric to help support Morgridge Academy, a free school for chronically ill children that is located on the National Jewish Hospital campus.
Each year, Hoops & Hoopla highlights the NCAA Final Four Championships with arcade games, interactive sports games and a silent auction. There were plenty of interactive challenges to keep the 400 plus guests entertained. Not to mention six big screen projection TVs to cheer on the Final Four Championship teams.
Brian Parks, a former student of the Academy, provided the introduction. Jennifer McCullough, Principal of Morgridge Academy gave a brief keynote presentation acknowledging members of the leadership team, called “coaches” for their fundraising efforts in support of Morgridge Academy. Last year’s event raised more than $40,000. They are confident this year’s sold out event will meet and even exceed last year’s goal.
Additional coaches for the event were Denise Cito, CED; Peter Fox, Trautman & Shreve, Inc.; William Gregor, Mortenson Construction: Jerry Laflen, BKD LLP; Ashley Lyon, RJM Construction; Ward Mahanke, TST, Inc. of Denver; Tom Tarver, Greiner Electric, Ryan Wilson, GE Johnson Construction, and Kris Wintroub, Greiner Electric.
Morgridge Academy is a free day school for 90 chronically ill students in kindergarten through eighth grades. Its mission is to provide a safe, friendly and healthy school environment where students succeed academically, medically and socially.
The not-for-profit National Jewish Health is the nation’s leading respiratory hospital in the nation.
- Brian Parks, emcee and former student of Morgridge Academy
- Table center piece
- Event “coaches” from left: Peter Fox, Trautman & Shreve: Ashley Lyon, RJM Construction; Denise Cito, CED; Jerry Laflen, BKD,LLP; Tom Tarver, Greiner Electric; William Gregor, Mortenson Construction; Kris Wintroub, Greiner Electric; Ryan Wilson, GE Construction Company
- Hoop & Hoopla past award recipients
- From left: Peter Fox, Trautman & Shreve; Kris Wintroub, Greiner Electric; Brian Parks, Emcee; Denise Cito, CED; Ashley Lyon, RJM Construction; Tom Tarver, Greiner Electric; Walt Davis, Denver Nuggets Ambassador; Jennifer McCullough, Morgridge Academy; Jerry Laflen, BKD,LLP; Ryan Wilson, GE Construction Company William Gregor, Mortenson Construction
- Event donation baskets
- From left: Peter Fox, Trautman & Shreve: Ashley Lyon, RJM Construction; Denise Cito, CED; Rebecca Reutlinger, National Jewish: Jerry Laflen, BKD,LLP; Tom Tarver, Greiner Electric; William Gregor, Mortenson Construction; Kris Wintroub, Greiner Electric; Ryan Wilson, GE Construction Company
- Event brochure
- William Gregor and Walt Davis
- Auction items
- Tom Tarver, Walt Davis, Denver Nuggets Ambassador
- Event screen and banner
- Kris Wintroub and Tom Tarver of Greiner Electric
- guests have fun with hoops games of their own
- Event giveaways
- Hand print on table center piece
- Busy auction table
- Guests watching the championship game
- Ryan Wilson and Walt Davis
- Presentation stage with awards and donation baskets
- Auction table
- Tom Tarver, Walt Davis and Ryan Wilson
- Guests trying their luck at one of the basketball games
- Ryan Wilson
- Event banner
- Event Brochure
- Brian Parks, Emcee and former student of Morgridge Academy