Aspen, CO

• The Bow Wow Meow Ball: We stuffed and mailed the invitations for the Bow Wow Meow Ball which is the annual fund raiser for the Pitkin County Animal Shelter.
  
  
• Heritage Park Care Center: The office adopted ten residents with Alzheimer's.
  
  
• Family Visitor Program: Adopted 6 needy families which we have done now for about 12 years.



• Holiday Project: The office adopted fifteen residents of a local nursing home.
  


• Highway Cleanup: H&Hers and their families picked up trash.
  


• Shining Stars Party: H&Hers and their families helped provide a party for children with life-threatening diseases.

Billings, MT

• Angel Fund : The Billings committee made a $200 donation to for gift certificates, goods, vouchers or services for kids in middle school and high school who are about to fall through the cracks. The kids are having difficulties staying in school and are struggling to get by. They are selected by a committee at the schools.
  
  
• Big Brothers Big Sisters : Provided Easter Baskets for the families.
  
  
• Family Services : The Billings office created Easter baskets, including hams, fresh food items, new toys, and candy for five needy families selected by Family Services.
  

• Senior Helping Hands: Provided help with household chores for their clients.
  
  
• Local Run Away Program: Monthly round-up of household necessities.
  
  
• Help for Homeless Pets: Monthly round-up of pet food and supplies.
  
  
• The committee purchased a gas stove for a family with children ages 5, 4 and 1 through a local appliance dealer who sold the committee a reconditioned stove and installed it at the family's home. Billings also adopted another family and bought clothes, gifts and Christmas dinner for them.
  
  
• The committee gave $200 to the Angel Fund.
  
  
• The Billings office bought pots, pans, cleaning supplies, dishes, towels, sheets, etc., and gift cards for runaway teens in the Tumbleweeds program who are starting up households.
  
  
• Everyone purchased presents for senior shut-ins.
  
  
• Fundraisers : Monthly lunches sold at $5 each plus $1 for extra desserts ($593.00), Raffle of basket provided by the Carlin ($22.50), 50/50 Raffle ($26.00), Individual donations ($75.00)
  

Office Committee members: Barbara Bowler • Marita Hauck • Linda Manion • Beth Nedrow • Mike Monson • Pam Moritz • Lynette Sawatzke • Teri Stephens • Leslie Thomson •

Boise, ID

• Salvation Army: The office adopted five families and provided Christmas gifts, complete with stockings and Christmas dinner.
  
  
• World Relief Program: The office adopted four refugee families and provided them with cooking utensils, pots and pans. Each family also received a $100 gift card.
  
  
• Humane Society: The office held a gift drive and collected an overwhelming amount of pet supplies and we also donated over $100 in cash.
  
  
• Boise Zoo: A Summer family picnic was held at the zoo and the children elected to adopt the Ocelot.
  
• Rake Up Boise: Three houses where raked with the help of employees and friends.
  
  
• Fort Boise Middle School: We continued to provide “Celebration Cakes” for Fort Boise students on their birthdays. For some of the students, this is the only birthday gift they receive.
  
  
• Race for the Cure: Members of the office participated in the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event. Those that were unable to walk or run in the Race donated money.
  
  
• Wilderness Science Education: H&H was a sponsor for this event.
  

Office Committee members: Carmen Bilbao • Kevin Braley • Katherine Burkett • Kimberle English • Brian Fischenich • Jennifer Foss • Linda Jones • Gina Kortan • John McDonald • Kiersten Murray • Maureen Ryan

Boulder, CO

• The Parenting Place: The office adopted a single-mom with four children. Over $700 was collected to purchase all the items on their "wish lists".
  
  
• Blue Sky Bridge: Planted flowers in their garden.
  
  
• Care Package: Sent 156 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies (one box for each service man) to the submarine, the USS Columbia.

Office Committee members: Tara Dressler • Linda Giarratano • Ester Maillaro • Debbie Rickers

Cheyenne, WY

• Stride Learning Center: Donated Christmas gifts for a single-mother with two children.
  
  
• Safe House Projects: Throughout the year, the Cheyenne office has provided the Cheyenne Safehouse for Abused Women and Children with 20 Easter Baskets, 12 back packs, Thanksgiving dinner for 30 people (including dinner ware, table settings, food, and monetary donations), and Christmas gifts to two families.
  
  
• Cheyenne Community Clinic: The Cheyenne office invited the board members and volunteers to an "Adopt-the-Clinic" envelope stuffing lunch. We had a huge turnout from our office, as well as from board members, and Clinic volunteers. We spent the afternoon stuffing 5,000 envelopes, attaching address labels, and sorting zip codes.
  
  
• Habitat for Humanity: The Cheyenne office participated in the Habitat for Humanity Homes in a Box program which helped put together two houses.  Volunteers helped build houses for Musicians Village in New Orleans and one that is staying in Cheyenne.  Volunteers from our office will also participate in the final process of building the house. 
  
  
• Friday Food Bags: The Cheyenne office has met with a nutritionist, purchased food for and filled 500 food bags.  We have started to distribute the food bags to local schools, the Boys and Girls Club and Safehouse  and Needs to help feed children that go hungry over the weekends. 
    
• Operation Back to School: Provided 4 backpacks full of school supplies to NEEDS Inc. to help provide  necessary school supplies to families in need. 
  
  

Office Committee members: Nancy Bales • Leslee Cain • Heather Canarecci • Delissa Hayano • Bert Sanchez • Jennifer Scoggin • Lynda Zeringue 

Colorado Springs, CO

• Ronald McDonald House: In October the office delivered a dozen home cooked meals for families at the Ronald McDonald House. Ronald McDonald Houses provide a "home-away-from-home" for the families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals.
  
  
• Race for the Cure: A number of people in our office have been on the front lines of the cancer battle. Therefore, events like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure hold special meaning.
  
  
• Courage Classic: This event raises money to benefit The Children’s Hospital. This is a three-day bike tour covering 160 miles and traversing Freemont Pass, Vail Pass, Tennessee Pass and Loveland Pass.
  
  
• Bike to Work Day: As the hometown of Lance’s coach, Chris Carmichael, everyone in the Colorado Springs office considers themselves an athlete – some of us just aren’t in training.
  
  
• Care & Share Thanksgiving Food Drive: Care and Share is the food bank serving El Paso County. The Colorado Springs office, within one week, gathered and donated 123 lbs. of food.
  
  
• Ecumenical Social Ministries: This year the Colorado Springs office provided Christmas gifts to 30 children.

Office Committee members: Christie Ryan • Pauli Ingwersen • Bill Brown • Karen Hartley • Stacie Gonzalez

Denver, CO

• Coats for Colorado: Collect used coats through October and November to be cleaned at Dependable Cleaners and distributed throughout the community to those in need.
  
  
• Share the Warmth: Collect scarves, hats, gloves, blankets, and new coats through December and January to distribute to local charities.
  
  
• Canned Food Drive: This Spring and Summer challenge is between all offices. Food collected is distributed to local charities.
  
  
• Criag Hospital Rite of Flight: Volunteers crew for hot air balloon teams at this balloon rally in June. Patients from Craig Hospital are the recipients of the flights (donated by pilots).
  
  
• Soup Kitchen: Every month attorneys and staff in the Denver office serve lunch at the Trinity Methodist Church on behalf of Capital Hill Community Services.
  
  
• Alzheimer’s Walk/Run: A team of H&H'ers walk and raise money for the research of Alzheimer's Disease. The Denver office team has won the Corporate Award for four consecutive years.
  
  
• March of Dimes Walk: A team of H&Hers walk and raise money to help research for premature babies. Donations typically exceeded $4,000.
  
  
• VOA – Meals-on Wheels: Volunteers deliver daily meals to the elderly on behalf of Volunteers of America.
  
  
• Pocket Flag Project: Volunteers fold and put together small plastic envelopes containing pocket size flags along with a "Thank You" to each soldier.
  
  
• Haven's Hope Baby Supplies Drive: Haven's Hope was established in the Denver metro area in response to a significant increase in hospitalized infants with diaper infections. Most of the children hospitalized are from families who rely on public assistance and food stamps - which cannot be used to purchase non-food items.
  
  
• The Giving Trees (Jewish Family Services, Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, and Salvation Army): This is a holiday project where H&Hers and their families purchase items for more than 100 wish lists.
  
  
• Lennox House: Volunteers visit with the residents and bring along some holiday cheer, desserts, songs and dance. Each resident is given care packages and crisp new $20 bills from Santa!
  
  
• Grand County Huts: Volunteers and their families help with trail work for the Second Creek Hut just south of the Mary Jane Ski Area in Grand County.
  
  
• Hope Center Halloween: 80+ Children ages 3 to 5 years trick-o-treat through the hallways of Holland & Hart.
  
  
• Get Out The Vote Education Project: H&Hers are given a nonpartisan view of current ballet issues through an educational seminar provided by the League of Women Voter's. Additional information is also provided such as voter registration/verification, polling locations and voter website information. This is a campaign to help build a stronger America -- one vote at a time.
  

Office Committee members: Michele Clark • Tava Davis • Janet Elder • Donna Simonsen • Dan Frost • April Hurst • Delena Jackson • Louann Jamison • Alec Kemp • Debby Malandra • Lisa Harston • Marcy Weaver • Amber Tamborello • Shay Brackney • Randi Dixon • Bill Taylor • Ashley Hahn-Severance • Jessica Neeson • Lynn Roscoe • Malissa Williams • Melissa Meirink

Denver Tech Center, CO

• Broadway Assistance Center: H&Hers collected many blankets, comforters, and warm clothing. Elderly men and mothers with small children were among the people gratefully receiving our gift of warmth.
  
  
• Soup Kitchen Broadway Assistance Center: H&Hers served the homeless and also provided them blankets during the holiday season.
  
  
• Samuels Elementary School: The DTC office adopted a local Denver Public School, Samuels Elementary, for ongoing projects. Over half of the students at Samuels qualify for free or reduced lunch. As our state budget is squeezed, schools are able to provide fewer and fewer of the supplies that students need in school. H&Hers held a school supply drive and took 15 mail crates full of supplies plus a few bags of backpacks and other items to the school. There were enough supplies for the school social worker to set up a supply "store" where the students in need could go and "shop" for the supplies that they need.
  

Office Committee members: Lee Gray • Ken Jach • Mardie Schlauch • Paul Schlauch • Mark Rohlena

Jackson, WY

• Community Safety Network: For the past 3 years the Jackson office has held a cooking party for the local shelter for abused women and children. H&Hers prepare about 3-4 different types of meals and they typically end up with about 10-12 frozen packages.

Office Committee members: Joe Teig • Amy Brooks • Cathryn Brodie • Paula Fleck • Zale Hansen • Estela Torres • Terri Wheeler

Las Vegas, NV

• Community Safety Network: For the past 3 years the Jackson office has held a cooking party for the local shelter for abused women and children. H&Hers prepare about 3-4 different types of meals and they typically end up with about 10-12 frozen packages.

Office Committee members: Name •

Reno, NV

• RENO Community Safety Network: For the past 3 years the Jackson office has held a cooking party for the local shelter for abused women and children. H&Hers prepare about 3-4 different types of meals and they typically end up with about 10-12 frozen packages.

Office Committee members: Name •

Salt Lake City, UT

• St. Vincent DePaul Homeless Shelter: H&Hers serve lunch to members of Salt Lake City's homeless community.
  
  
• Toys For Tots: At our annual office summer party, Each H&Her donated at least one new toy to the Toys for Tots organization.
  
  
• The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race For The Cure: H&Hers participated in the annual Race for the Cure event. Those that were unable to walk or run in the Race donated money. Others attended the Race to support our office.
  
  
• United Way Day: H&H participated in the annual United Way Day. Our office was assigned to assist the Volunteers of America's Women's Shelter in Murray, Utah. H&Hers cleaned gardens, kitchens and the nursery. We also prepared lunch for the women and staff at the shelter.
  
  
• Sub For Santa: We were asked to help provide Christmas for two families. In one instance, the mother and father had just fallen on hard times and were unable to provide some of the essentials to their three children. The other family consisted of a single mom who was taking care of five children. We provided each family basics like coats, pants, sock, underwear and shoes. Through the generosity of our office, we were able to also provide toys, dolls, bikes and games for the children.

Office Committee members: Gavin Reese • Jim Farmer • Suzanne Hayes • Jennifer Lange • Greg Lindley • Kristi Sessions • Sarah Schwartz

Santa Fe, NM

• Blue Star Mothers: Employees donated over $250 in funds and donations for the Blue Star Mothers to prepare gift boxes for the troops overseas. Click here for more information.
  
  
• Christmas Family: The office collected over $700 for a family on welfare (the father had been killed). This included donations of new living room furniture and accessories. Bought clothing and toys for the children and their mother who was pregnant. Received donations of hair cut and coloring from the spouse of an employee. Bought and received donations of food for a holiday dinner.
  
  
• Special Olympics: Volunteers helped the children during the Olympics by keeping time, aligning the runners, acting as finish line judges, and distributing medals and trophies.
  

Office Committee members: Katherine Hawkins • LisaMarie Ortiz • Toni Bolton • Ocean Munds-Dry • Joanna Garcia • Deb Guinn • Diane Hamamoto • Trent Howell • Larry Montano • Ruth Sougstad • Rob Sutphin

Washington, DC

• Blue Star Mothers: Employees donated over $250 in funds and donations for the Blue Star Mothers to prepare gift boxes for the troops overseas. Click here for more information.
  

Office Committee members: Katherine Hawkins •

Firm-Wide and Multi-Office Projects

• Pocket Flag Project: All offices participate in the initiative to send 8x12 folded flags and a message to military service people abroad as a token of our gratitude for their efforts for our country.
  
  
• Tsunami Relief Fund: A total of $13,520 was collected from all the H&H offices. The funds collected were sent directly to Habitat for Humanity.
  
  
• LiveStrong Wrist Bands: The H&H Foundation is selling LiveStrong wrist bands for a donation of $1.50/each. For each wristband sold, one dollar (face value) goes toward the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and fifty cents goes toward the H&H Foundation “Cancer Awareness Fund”. Proceeds from the H&H Foundation fund will be used to benefit cancer organizations and events throughout the year, including a donation to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
  
  
• Partnership Retreat: Partners enjoyed a day-long project where they performed trail improvements, painted the Vail Nature Center, and collected Books for Eagle County schools.
  
  
• Gleaning: H&Hers traveled to Eaton, Colorado to glean watermelons for the COMPA food bank. In addition, Don Schultz in our Cheyenne office donated 75 pounds of meat to the food bank.