Honda Hero Volunteer Program
Nearly 1,800 Honda associates, spouses and retirees are enrolled in the Honda Hero Volunteer Program and have earned more than 1 million dollars in Dollars for Doers grants for non-profit organizations since 1995. Below are a few of the projects Honda Hero volunteers have supported in the last year.
Rebuilding Together Columbus
Rebuilding Together Columbus works to assure low-income homeowners-especially elderly, disabled or needy families with young children – can live independently in houses that are safe, warm and dry. This year, volunteer groups refurbished 24 homes throughout the Columbus area.Honda of America has provided sponsorship funding and volunteers to help with homes in the community since 2002.
Rachel’s House
Rachel’s House, located in Bellefontaine, is a non-profit agency that provides temporary shelter for children of families living in Logan County. The organization lends assistance to people during emergencies by providing a safe and caring environment for children.
The Nature Conservatory
Ohio’s Big Darby Creek watershed is one of the most biologically diverse aquatic systems in the state and in the Midwest. Honda of America Mfg. has supported The Nature Conservancy for more than 15 years in efforts to acquire land on the Darby headwaters, monitor water quality, conduct research and establish voluntary watershed protection programs.
Honda’s partnership with The Ohio State University is a model of how industry-academia cooperation can generate great value for students, the university’s research goals, the state of Ohio, Honda and its associates. Business Facilities magazine, a leading publication for corporate executives, ranked the Honda-OSU Partnership among the top five industry-university partnerships in the U.S. A key aspect of this partenership is an endowment generated through the operation of the Transportation Research Center, Inc. To date, the endowment has grown to more than $50 million, and it generates approximately $2.3 million per year for the Ohio State University College of Engineering.
Steel Recycling
Honda presses their remaining scraps of steel into 40 pound cubes, and sends them to the Anna Engine Plant to be recycled into more parts for Honda and Acura vehicles. At the Anna Engine Plant, the cubes are melted in the iron casting foundry operations and the molten iron is poured into molds to form engine and suspension parts. More than 40,000 tons of steel is recycled annually at the Anna Engine Plant, enough to build five Eiffel Towers.
Courtesy of: http://ohio.honda.com/
