Grassroots Impact Goes Company-Wide: Wreaths Across America
Our partnership with Wreaths Across America, an organization dedicated to remembering fallen service members and honoring those who serve, reflects our ongoing commitment to Veterans and their families, ensuring their sacrifices are never forgotten.
Our support of this organization began in 2022 with our Energy & Infrastructure and Federal groups. At that time, nine of our groups participated, either sponsoring a Veterans wreath (with a donation) and/or laying wreaths at the annual ceremony in December in national cemeteries across the country and at sea. In 2023, our Veterans Business Resource Group (BRG) joined the partnership to help increase the reach of this initiative. All groups were aligned with a local, national cemetery in our CSR platform to donate or volunteer. We sponsored one thousand Veterans’ wreaths through the participation of 17 groups and our Washington, DC office partnered with a local customer and arranged a bus to Arlington National Cemetery for team members and families to lay wreaths during the annual ceremony.
In 2024, Mortenson and our team members sponsored more than 2,200 Veterans’ wreaths thanks to the grassroots efforts of our Energy and Infrastructure groups, we made Wreaths Across America a company-wide initiative, encouraging team members and their families across the country to take part in this meaningful event. Customers joined team members in Washington DC, and Chicago for their local wreath-laying ceremonies.
This initiative goes beyond a single day of remembrance; it is an opportunity to reinforce our support for Veterans throughout the year. Whether through volunteering, fundraising, or sponsoring wreaths, every Mortenson team member has the chance to participate in a way that is meaningful to them. By uniting for this cause, these shared experiences bring our teams and families together while contributing to something greater than ourselves.