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Community Participation

HMMH’ers are active members and leaders in our communities, in organizations that are both related and unrelated to our practices.  Many of the challenges our staff members take on through these efforts address our core mission of solving complex technical problems that affect our environments.  We applaud their efforts, and believe that engaged community members are more effective and empathetic consultants.

Community Organizations

HMMH appreciates the leadership and participatory roles served by many of our employees in a range of civic, environmental, educational and charitable organizations.  We recognize the energy and commitment made by HMMH’ers who volunteer their personal time to causes that are important to them and their families. Listed below are some of the organizations and volunteer events in which HMMH employees have participated in recent years.

Professional Societies

HMMH encourages all employees to join and participate in activities sponsored by societies and organizations in fields related to their professions, both technical and administrative.  Such participation - which we strongly encourage - provides professional growth opportunities for our staff and creates an opportunity to be part of a wider network of professionals. Our staff have served as board members or chairs of many of these organizations.  HMMH also is a corporate member of various organizations through annual memberships.  Listed below are professional societies with which we are affiliated.

Charitable Donations

We are proud that we have contributed to a variety of charitable organizations, recognizing our passions, our commitment to the environment and our commitment to the communities in which we’re located.

  • Boston Children’s Museum: HMMH has deep roots with the Children’s Museum, and has supported the Museum over the years. In addition, the Museum’s commitment to the environment has earned the museum LEED Gold Certification for their 2007 expansion and renovation project. Several exhibits focus on environmental education and awareness.
  • American Cancer Society: Cancer has touched all of our lives in one way or another.
  • Loaves & Fishes: Sacramento Loaves & Fishes is a private sector, faith based, charitable organization dedicated to feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless. Loaves and Fishes neither solicits nor accepts government funds, but relies on private donations to support its works of mercy in the Sacramento area.
  • Citizen’s Energy: Citizens Energy Corporation exists to help make life's basic needs more accessible and affordable. At the same time, Citizens Energy seeks to use market opportunities to help the poor and needy. Citizen’s Energy is best known for its program to provide fuel assistance to the poor and elderly in cold-weather states across the country. Its current efforts also public education on energy conservation and efficiency. Calculate your carbon footprint and learn more about what you can do here.  
  • Institute of Noise Control Engineering: The Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA (INCE/USA) is a non-profit professional organization incorporated in Washington, DC. A primary purpose of the Institute is to promote engineering solutions to environmental, product, machinery, industrial and other noise problems. INCE/USA is a Member Society of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering, an international consortium of organizations with interests in acoustics and noise control.
  • Loudon Wildlife Conservancy: Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is a local all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation and proliferation of healthy wildlife habitats throughout Loudoun County, Virginia. LWC offers a variety of nature programs ranging from evening talks to field trips and county-wide counts.
  • UC Davis Air Quality Research Center: The UC Davis Noise and Air Quality Symposium is a premiere event for HMMH. We have earmarked our contribution to provide increased student involvement in the symposium.
  • Feeding America: People in every community face the risk of going hungry. For every $1 donated, Feeding America helps provide 7 meals to men, women and children facing hunger in our country. Feeding America works with large corporate donors to secure food and grocery products on a national level to distribute, to local food banks. The relationship that the Feeding America organization builds with larger corporations also helps facilitate a relationship between a local food bank and local grocery store, for example.
  • Partners in Health: Partners in Health is a Boston-based, physician-led organization that has been providing important health care support in Haiti for more than 20 years.  PIH has been a critical organization since the January 2010 Earthquake, providing urgent and long-term medical support, standing up operating rooms, organizing medical supply flights, and channeling resources.
  • The Engineering Center: Located on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, The Engineering Center is a consortium of associations and professional societies providing educational programs and information services to engineers, land surveyors, related professionals and the public to increase public awareness of the value of the engineering profession.

quote HMMH is proud of the contributions that our employees make in their communities. The efforts made by participating in various local and charitable organizations is consistent with the values we endorse at HMMH. quote