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About Us: Communities
HEI is dedicated to making positive contributions to our local and global communities. As a company, we consistently strengthen our communities by committing time and resources to help build a more sustainable future.
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September/October 2011
The corporate office of HEI continues to "support the community in which we live" by donating time and money to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity provides no-interest loans to families. The families must provide "sweat equity" alongside the builders and volunteers in building their home. HEI has been involved with Habitat for several years as a Silver sponsor; supporting their mission of fulfilling the dream of home ownership. |
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Pictured here working on this 8-unit condominium project (from L-R), are Sue Broderick, Barbara Haggerty, Adrienne Jub Wardman, Chas Hyatt, Laura Troise, James Jung and Abby Marcus. |
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July/August 2011
The Embassy Suites Tysons Corner just completed their fundraiser for The Children's National Medical Center of Washington DC. Overall, $1630 was raised. Led by their Make A Difference (M.A.D.) President Jose Penado, pictured in the middle, the hotel held numerous fundraisers including:
- Members of the M.A.D. committee made food indigenous to their home countries and sold them to other associates. All proceeds benefited the cause.
- $1 Smoothie Days
- Children's Hospital balloon sale, shown in the picture.
- Jeans/Red Shirt Fridays, where associates and managers donated $5 to dress down for the cause.
- "Day off with Pay" raffle
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Pictured from left to right are: Karim, Gilma, Megan, Carmen, Jose, Leisa, Ryan, Margo, Natalia and Edward. |
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May/June 2011
The Westin Minneapolis is shown here presenting a representative from the Crisis Nursery of Minneapolis with a check for $3,500 for 2010 fund raising efforts. This brought their total for the year to $5,000. The Crisis Nursery is a facility for parents to take their children on a short-term basis when there is instability in their home that possibly endangers the child. |
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March/April 2011
19th Annual Chili Mac & Cheese Cook Off
As part of the Winter Carnival to benefit the Manchester Parks & Rec scholarship fund, The Equinox hosted and participated in the Chili Mac & Cheese Cook Off. The team did what they do best – hosting a party, feeding a crowd, and EATING! Two prizes were claimed for our culinary team's creations.
CLiF – Children's Literacy Foundation of VT/NH – New Books for Kids from Equinox!
Through a package created in conjunction with CLiF (Children's Literacy Foundation of VT/NH) enough money was raised to sponsor the children's section of a local library and school in South Royalton, VT.
Sunderland Elementary School – Pumpkin Planting, Growing … & Harvest Time!
A local elementary school joined The Equinox last year to plant pumpkins in their very own patch with our Grounds department – returning to us to harvest their creations! They had great fun working together to determine which was biggest, smallest and most unique - tying our experience in with what they are currently learning in school. |
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January/February 2011
Every year around the holiday season the Crowne Plaza San Antonio participates in the Angel Tree Program and “adopts” a child for Christmas. The children they “adopt” may be homeless, from single parent homes, or even children of inmates in prison. Some of the families who need their help are families who barely scrape by and have no money for toys or new clothes for their children. Associates choose an angel and purchase gifts from their wish list. They help bring a smile to a child’s face and provide gifts they might not otherwise receive. The program was a huge success with 70 “adopted” angels. |
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November/December 2010
It didn’t take long for our newest hotel, the Hotel Minneapolis, to make our poster! Their CARE Committee recently held a “Back to School” donation drive for a local organization called Mary’s Place. Mary’s Place is a safety-net organization to help those who cannot obtain help from the welfare system. The facility provides food, clothing, showers, temporary housing, transportation assistance, medical and dental help and more. They collected clothing, shoes, backpacks, and office supplies in addition to donating toiletries, pads of paper and pens leftover from when the hotel was a Doubletree. Pictured here: Robbie Voss, Amy Reierson, Kelly Fitzgerald, Amanda Hauschildt, Amy Bixenman, Ashley Williams, Kelli Thomas, John Peart, and Emily Nichols. |
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July/August 2010
Our properties continue to help out the victims of the earthquake
in Haiti in many different ways. Our Marriott Boca Raton ran a drive
called “It’s All About Sole at the Boca Raton Marriott” for flip flops.
Their effort collected more than 140 pairs of flip flops. Pictured are
Cathy Zucker and her team. |
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May 2010
The associates of the Embassy Suites – LBV showed they
CARE by joining other Central Florida Hotel & Lodging
Association members in collecting toiletry items needed for
the nearly 3,000 homeless students in the Orlando area.
All items collected will be distributed through the Orange
and Osceola County school districts. Thanks to everyone’s
efforts, we truly made a difference for some very needy
children in our community! |
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April 2010
The hospitality industry plays an important role in the commerce of our communities. Whether guest lecturing at a local community college or participating in a Career Day, it is important to volunteer time to education at every level. Dan Kaplan, General Manager at the Westin St. Louis, volunteered for a 5-week Junior Achievement program where he introduced “The Work Environment” to a class of 1st graders. Here is Dan with his students. Who knows, maybe there is a future GM amongst them! |
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March 2010
The Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale Team raised $563.00 for the Covenant House by donating $5.00 for every day that they wore jeans to work. This money was used to purchase 90 beach towels and 90 sets of earphones for the kids. The Covenant House serves runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth under 21 including teen parents and their babies. Here is David Baxter and the team on Jeans Day. |
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February 2010
The team at the Embassy Suites – Orlando Downtown participated in the March of Dimes Mud Volleyball contest.
The event was held to raise funds for children who are
born prematurely and children with various disabilities or
ailments. For such a worthy cause the team would not
hesitate to jump into the mud and play volleyball. The
Embassy Suites – Orlando Downtown was among the 145
Central Florida organizations represented at the event. |
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January 2010
There is no better time to support your community than around the holidays. Some associates at the Le Meridien San Francisco decided to donate their turkey to the folks at Glide Memorial. Glide provides meals for ungry and homeless families in their community. |
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