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Letter: Thank you from Special Olympics Colorado

For the last three years, the community has come together to sponsor, volunteer and participate in The Gauntlet fundraiser. Special Olympics is the proud and grateful recipient of the fundraiser’s proceeds. Our Special Olympics Western Area competitions and Western Area Local Programs/Teams are the ones that benefit.

Thanks to the Gauntlet’s main sponsor, Western Colorado Contractors Association and their staff, plus the following businesses for their sponsorship: Adcock Concrete, Inc., Alpine Bank, Asset Engineering Limited, Bobcat of the Rockies, Budweiser, Cookey’s Mechanical, Inc., Dalby Wendland & CO PC, Elam Construction, Inc., Grand Junction Jct. Ready Mix, Grand Junction Motor Speedway, Grand Vista Hotel, Haining Plumbing & Heating, Hanson Equipment, Home Loan Insurance, Impact Promotions, KJCT, KSTR 96.1, M.A. Concrete Construction, Magic 93.1, Merritt & Associates, G.C. Inc., Outwest Drywall Supply, Inc., Plaza Reprographics, Rocky Mountain Orthopaedics Associates Inc., Rocky Mountain Sanitation, LLC, Scream Graphics, Sorter Construction, Inc., Spectrum Sound Design LLC, St. Mary’s Hospital, Sutherlands, The Daily Sentinel, The Team Sports Talk, United Companies, United Rentals, Valleywide Fence, Wagner Rents, World Wide Rental Services and Your Way Safety & Sign Supply.

Also, a big thank you to the organizing committee and their employers who allowed committee members to take off early, arrive late or even take entire days off with docking pay so this event could be the best ever. A special thanks goes to everyone who supported The Gauntlet and Special Olympics. We appreciate your time and energy!



Julie Fite

Western Area Manager



Special Olympics Colorado


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