2024
Welcome Baskets for New AHC Families: Volunteers from the Foundation’s Washington, DC office were proud to partner with Affordable Homes & Communities (AHC) by donating 18 “Welcome Bag” baskets for new families moving into AHC’s affordable housing communities. AHC is a community-focused, non-profit affordable housing developer that provides educational and social services programs for families and individuals in the Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC regions. Read more about AHC here: www.ahcinc.org
High School Backpacks for Arlington Public Schools Students: As part of the Foundation’s firmwide School Supply Drive, the Washington, DC office members proudly supported Arlington Public Schools again this year by purchasing and donating 30 new backpacks for high school students in need. Volunteers delivered the backpacks to the Arlington Public Schools’ Office of Student Services for distribution to the students before the school year started.
Capital Area Food Bank’s Food From the Bar: The Foundation’s Washington, DC office joined more than 30 DC-area law firms, law schools, and organizations in the month of May to participate in the Food From the Bar 2024 campaign supporting Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). The DC office held an office bake sale and raised $1,395 to help CAFB provide healthy meals to children and families during the summer months. For every dollar raised, CAFB can purchase two meals’ worth of food.
“Help the Homeless” Kits for Grace Presbyterian Church: The Washington, DC Foundation members proudly supported Grace Presbyterian Church’s “Help the Homeless” February event by ordering supplies and creating hygiene kits with about a dozen essential items that included tissues, hand wipes, lotion, soap, washcloths, socks, and more. Volunteers donated 30 kits and extra supplies to be distributed by Grace Church to individuals in need and shelters around the Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland area.
2023
Volunteering with Arlington Food Assistance Center: In celebration of the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary, members of the Washington, DC office supported Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) by helping sort and bag different types of peppers from a local farm to be distributed to neighbors in need. Volunteers packed about 100 bags of peppers each and as a team filled 19 crates. AFAC provides fresh groceries free-of-charge to families with limited financial resources. AFAC distributes over 80,000 pounds of food to more than 3,300 families every week.
Backpacks for Arlington Public Schools High School Students: As part of the Foundation’s firmwide School Supply Drive, the Washington, DC office members proudly supported Arlington Public Schools again this year by purchasing and donating 25 new backpacks for high school students in need. Volunteers delivered the backpacks to the Arlington Public Schools’ Office of Student Services for distribution to the students before the school year started.
Snack Bags for AHC Students: Volunteers from the Foundation’s Washington, D.C. office supported the AHC Inc. organization’s Snack Bags & Gift Bags initiative. Foundation members purchased supplies for, packed, and decorated sixty snack bags for students participating in AHC educational programs. AHC is an affordable housing developer in the Washington, DC metropolitan area that helps communities with a wide array of educational programs and social services in its community centers, serving over 200 students in grades K-12.
2022
Support for Families Through Bridges to Independence: The Foundation’s Washington, DC office supported two families through the Bridges to Independence Holiday Helpers program this holiday season. Volunteers raised funds for a single father with two children and a single mother with one child for the families to purchase Christmas presents. The office’s collection goal was $350 for both families, but they exceeded this goal by raising a total of $800. The additional amount over what the families received was donated to Bridges to Independence–an organization focused on helping families experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or systemic poverty move towards empowerment and stability.
Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB): In honor of Holland & Hart’s 75th anniversary, the firm celebrated its longstanding value of serving its communities by coordinating a firmwide afternoon of service. Ten members of the Washington, DC office supported the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). Attorneys and business professionals volunteered to work a four hour shift on the afternoon of September 16th assisting with various tasks at the CAFB’s distribution warehouse, including packing more than 500 boxes of donated food for families in need in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Arlington Public Schools High School Backpack Drive: As part of the Foundation’s firmwide School Supply Drive, the Washington, DC office members purchased 30 backpacks for Arlington County Public high school students in need. Just in time for the first day of school in Northern Virginia, the volunteers delivered the new backpacks to Arlington Public Schools’ Office of Student Services for distribution to high school students.
2021
School Supply Drive with Arlington Public Schools: As part of the Holland & Hart Foundation’s 2021 School Supply Drive, our Washington, DC office supported Arlington Public Schools. Volunteers purchased needed supplies to fill 34 backpacks. The collected school supplies go towards helping students and their families for the 2021-2022 academic school year. Thanks goes out to our business partner Lexis Nexis for making an additional $218 donation directly to Arlington Public Schools.
Support for Children of Mine Youth Center: Although we missed hosting our annual summer and holiday parties with the Children of Mine Youth Center this year due to the continuing impact of the pandemic, the Holland & Hart Foundation Washington, D.C. office was still proud to support the Center by collecting and donating funds to go towards the Center’s programs. Children of Mine Youth Center is a multi-service 501(c)(3) centered in the hub of Washington, DC’s Ward 8 Anacostia neighborhoods, dedicated to providing opportunities that are educational and encourages a safe environment for its youth populations.
2021 Winter Drive Supporting Community of Hope: The Washington, DC office supported the Community of Hope for the firmwide Winter Drive initiative by collecting over 20 items and monetary donations worth over $950. Donated items included comforter blanket sets, towel sets, and baby blankets. Community of Hope’s mission is to improve health and end family homelessness to make Washington, DC more equitable.
2019
Holiday Party for the Children of Mine Center: In December, a group of Holland & Hart Foundation volunteers assisted with the annual Holiday Part for the Children of Mine Youth Center in Southeast Washington D.C. Holland & Hart volunteers supervised bowling and arcade activities and served lunch and dinner to more than 50 kids from the Center. The event culminated with a gift distribution for each of the kids in attendance which the Holland & Hart Foundation Washington D.C. office members helped organize and fund.
Fun in the sun hosting summer BBQ for Children of Mine Youth Center. The Washington, D.C. Holland & Hart Foundation members hosted its annual BBQ event for more than fifty children from the Children of Mine Youth Center in Washington, D.C. As in years past, a team of current and former Foundation members volunteered their time to grill food, distribute cotton candy, manage the water slide, paint faces, and provide a fun afternoon for the children who attended.
2018
Children of Mine Youth Center Holiday Party: In December 2018, volunteers from Holland & Hart’s Washington D.C. office co-hosted a holiday party for the Children of Mine Holiday Center in Southeast Washington, D.C. The Holland & Hart Foundation members supervised a day of bowling and games at a local Dave & Busters along with a holiday gift distribution for approximately 42 children from the Center. In addition, the Foundation also helped with the funding of the activities and gifts.
Bridges to Independence/Holiday Helpers Event: As in years past, the Washington D.C. Holland & Hart Foundation office members collected donations to sponsor a family in the Bridges to Independence Holiday Helpers Event. Bridges to Independence leads individuals and families out of homelessness and into stable, independent futures by offering a continuum of aid and support for all family members, helping them attain financial security and move forward into self-sufficiency.
20th Anniversary Celebration at Children of Mine Summer BBQ: The Holland & Hart Foundation Washington, D.C. Committee celebrated the Holland & Hart Foundation’s 20th Anniversary by sponsoring the Children of Mine annual summer BBQ. The event was attended by more than 40 children from the Children of Mine Youth Center in Southeast D.C. As in past years, Holland & Hart volunteers assisted with the cooking and ran various activity stations, including a water slide, face-painting, and cotton candy machine. The Children of Mine Youth Center works to promote the safety, health, education and stability of the children in the Anacostia community.
2017
Children of Mine Youth Center Holiday Party: We co-hosted the Children of Mine Center Holiday Party with our friends from Greenberg Traurig. The eight volunteers from both firms took 60 children from Center bowling at Dave & Busters, followed by games, crafts, and a pizza party. Each child also received Christmas gifts. This special event for youth at the Center is often one of the highlights of their Christmas season.
Fun in the sun hosting summer BBQ for our friends from Children of Mine Youth Center. We were delighted to host our second annual end-of-school summer BBQ for the kids from the Children of Mine Youth Center in Southeast Washington, D.C. More than fifty kids enjoyed an afternoon of crafts, face-painting, a cotton candy machine, and an inflatable water slide–courtesy of the Foundation and staffed by our team of volunteers.
2016
Children of Mine BBQ: The D.C. office hosted an End-of-School BBQ for approximately 60 children at the Children of Mine Youth Center in Southeast D.C. The office committee plans events with the Center throughout the year. The BBQ celebrated the children for completing another successful school year.
In addition to general helpings of BBQ favorites, the event also featured a bounce-house, a snow cone machine, various crafts, a highly entertaining foul shooting contest, and some professional-quality face painting courtesy of Holland & Hart’s own Heidi Beltran. The various event stations were staffed by D.C. office attorneys and staff.
2015
Children of Mine Center: Over 60 children participated in the Children of Mine Center annual holiday party, supported in part by a $1,200 contribution by members of the Washington, D.C. office. The children had fun with basketball, arts and crafts, ice skating, a movie preview and gifts. Four D.C. attorneys joined in the fun including shooting hoops and donning ice skates.
2014
Washington Youth Garden, National Arboretum: The Washington Youth Garden works with underserved DC area youth, educators, families and school community members out of a one-acre garden site at the U.S. National Arboretum. It provides creative hands-on learning programs for primary school children in garden science and nutrition in the classroom, school gardens and affordable field trips to the garden at the Arboretum. Volunteers from the Washington, D.C. office of the Holland & Hart Foundation worked to maintain and improve the garden teaching environment throughout the year, including spring clean-up, pruning fruit trees, planting and cultivating vegetables, constructing new compost bins, building a bird nest garden play structure, and impersonating a carrot at the Fall Fun Fest and the second annual Garlic Planting Party. The Garlic Planting Party was a great success, with over 100 attendees. The event included a garlic piñata, face painting, coloring, a band and delicious dishes made from the garden.
Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless: Created in 1985, Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless works in coordination with public agencies, businesses and community groups to give homeless people the support, shelter, counseling and employment training they need to regain self-sufficiency. As a part of its Holiday Hookup Program, members of the Washington, D.C. office committee of the Holland & Hart Foundation purchased clothing and gift certificates for five families, and Rosa Smith and Deana Lewis delivered them.
Additional Projects:
- Annual Firm-wide Food Drive
- Backpack & School Supply Drive
- Cookie Exchange/Wrap Party for Donations to Arlington/Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless
- Family Adoption Program
- National Denim Day
- Santa’s Meet & Greet