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Project Japan
Quickly following the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, Herman Miller responded with donations of more than $50,000 in support of the relief operations. But we saw an opportunity to do more. Ben Matsusaki, the Managing Director of our Japanese business, and his team identified a small town called Ishinomaki in the 300-mile zone most severely impacted that needed help. In partnership with a local organization, Ishinomaki Laboratory, a team of Herman Miller volunteers worked with the people of Ishinomaki to develop new skills and ways of generating income. Herman Miller has had a presence in Japan for 24 years.
We Care
In its fifteenth year, Herman Miller and the architecture and design community volunteered in “We Care,” our annual partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs of America. It’s a day of creativity and craft-making for underprivileged children in 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Pioneer Trails in Muskegon
More than 300 employees and their families volunteered at Pioneer Trails, an outdoor camp located north of Muskegon, Michigan, that helps mentally and physically challenged children and adults experience the outdoors and camp life.
Herman Miller Healthcare and MASS Design Group
In July 2011, Herman Miller Healthcare announced a collaborative partnership with MASS Design Group, a non-profit group started by students from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. MASS Design is a leader in pushing architects and designers to create innovative, inexpensive, and effective healthcare facilities in places like Rwanda, Haiti, and Liberia.
Community Service in India
Herman Miller India works with Goonj, a non-profit resource mobilization facilitator to send clothes, toys, and office supplies to needy villages across India. Our employees there also continue their self-initiated tree-planting program on Bangalore streets.
Rise Children's Centre
Volunteers from the Herman Miller U.K. team transformed an overgrown plot of land into a fully functional sensory garden for Rise Children’s Centre. This U.K.-based family-support and outreach service works to give local kids the best possible start in life.
Geiger Employees "Ride for Kids"
Twelve Geiger employees raised more than $2,000 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation as part of Ride for Kids, a charity motorcycle event held every year in Atlanta, Georgia. The money raised that day went to support research to find the cause and cure for childhood brain tumors.
Certified Dealers Team Up with Herman Miller for St. Jude’s Ranch
Forty-two Herman Miller employees and dealers bused down to Belvedere, Texas, where they gave an extreme makeover to the children’s bedrooms and living spaces at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.
A few additional organizations and causes we supported this past year:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Learning Enrichment through Adult Participation (LEAP) program United Way (Greater Ottawa County) Day of Caring "Corporate Challenge" 5K walk/run to benefit the Atlanta Food Bank "Strong Legs Run" for Children’s Health Care of Atlanta "Rebuilding Together"—Ninth annual sponsorship of a needy home repaired and rehabilitated with the goal of leaving the home warm, safe, and dry.