LimnoTech supports and encourages staff to actively champion causes they are passionate about. Our community involvement program is organized and managed by our team members. It is a year-round campaign, focusing on a different organization each month, to support people in our local communities through actions and activities as well as through financial support. Our activities have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for good causes and strengthened our relationships with one another and our communities. We raise money within the company by organizing LimnoTech-supported activities such as bake sales, charity breakfasts and luncheons, football pools, raffles, snack bars, collecting returnable cans, and ice cream socials.
In 2023, we supported Packard Health, the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), March of Dimes, Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, Black Girls Code, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Wilderness Inquiry, the University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering Pelham Scholars Program, Feeding America, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County.
We also assist a few organizations throughout the year:
Pelham Scholars Program
The University of Michigan Civil and Environmental (CEE) Pelham Scholars Program is named in honor of Frederick Blackburn Pelham, the first black University of Michigan engineering graduate. This program continues Pelham’s legacy of excellence by supporting socially conscious engineers seeking to solve society’s most pressing problems. The program is designed to enhance the placement and early career success of a diverse array of domestic students and support underrepresented students with robust mentorship and two semesters of free tuition. LimnoTech supports and sponsors the CEE Pelham Scholars Program with funding and student mentorship.
Packard Health
Packard Health serves the medical needs of Washtenaw County residents without the means to seek adequate health care. Packard Health offers a broad range of fully integrated services, from chronic disease care and coordination to nutrition education/support and mental health care. LimnoTech helps support this worthy cause through individual money-raising events and by staff making small donations every time they have a cup of coffee or tea.
Our Environment
Our staff are also actively involved in giving back to our profession and the environment through participation in professional organizations and conferences, community initiatives, and local environmental groups. Here are just a few organizations and initiatives our staff participate in:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Peer Reviewers for Engineering and Scientific Journals
- Student Mentoring (University of Michigan, University of Minnesota)
- University Guest Lecturer/Instructor (Harvard University, University of Michigan, Wayne State University)
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF)
