The American Honda Motor Company, Inc. is a North American subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company, Ltd. It was founded in 1959. The company combines product sales, service and coordinating functions of Honda in North America, and is responsible for distribution, marketing and sales of Honda and Acura brand automobiles, Honda power sports products, including motorcycles, scooters and all-terrain vehicles, and Honda power equipment products, including lawnmowers, tillers, string trimmers, snow blowers, generators, small displacement general-purpose engines and marine outboard engines.
Honda-brand automobile models include the Accord, Civic, CR-V, Element, FCX Clarity, Fit, Insight, Odyssey, Pilot and Ridgeline. Acura-brand models are the RL, TL, TSX, ILX, MDX, RDX and ZDX. Honda claims several firsts for a Japanese carmaker in the United States. The company was the first to create a subsidiary to market and sell its vehicles in the country, and the first to manufacture automobiles in North America.
The headquarters are located in Torrance, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Honda headquarters have 101 acres (41 ha) of space.
Care for Every Child
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is an Ohio-based pediatric medical center that provides outstanding patient care, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. With over a century of service, Nationwide Children’s Hospital is the primary pediatric health care provider for 37 counties, and it focuses on pediatric research and advocacy for children and their families,
A Honda grant of $750,000 funded the construction of the hospital’s new building. At one point in the project, all eyes were on a “flying” Honda Civic that was being hoisted by the construction crew to the ninth floor. The Honda-donated Civic is used in the expanded rehabilitation unit so pediatric patients can practice getting in and out, steering and using the control panel.
United Fund Campaign, Decatur County, Indiana
Associates at the Honda Manufacturing of Indiana plant in Greensburg, IN support the Decatur County United Fund, a member of the Indiana Association of United Ways. The Decatur County United Fund serves over 20 agencies that help meet the health and human services needs of the community. The Honda plant was honored to receive the Decatur County United Fund’s “Company of the Year” award in 2011 for helping the non-profit service organization triple their donations and dramatically increase participation.
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind: American Honda Nonprofit Service.
With five campuses and eight regional centers throughout the state serving deaf, blind and multi-disabled children and adults, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) is the world’s most comprehensive education, rehabilitation and employment system. Honda partners with AIDB in a variety of ways, including:
- Volunteering at career fairs
- Serving on their board of directors
- Assisting with programs at the Marianna Greene Special Equestrian Center in Talladega, AL
- Assisting with campus improvement projects
- Assisting with various fund-raising and campus programs
- Providing guidance on special projects
Protecting our Natural Resources
The Nature Conservancy in Alabama is the leading conservation organization working to address threats to conservation of Alabama’s varied geography and wide range of plant and animal diversity. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) partnered with the Nature Conservancy in 2011 to provide volunteers to assist with shoreline protection in Mobile Bay.
Helping Our Associates Give Back
Community-minded associates across the U.S. support a wide variety of programs and worthwhile causes by volunteering and making personal donations. Honda honors their personal commitment by offering matching gift and volunteer programs to help associates support the causes that are important to them. Associate donations to qualified organizations are matched by the company, and associates are often permitted to volunteer at their favorite charities during work hours.
Sharing is Caring Holiday Luncheon
Since 1991, Honda Community Action Team volunteers have given up the best shopping day of the year – December 26 – to host the Luncheon and help make the holidays a little brighter for those in need. Honda teams with the Salvation Army and the Marriott Hotel in Torrance, California to help local residents in need around the holidays. More than 150 Honda Community Action Team volunteers help decorate, set-up and serve hot meals to more than 1,000 low-income, homeless and senior citizens residents and families.
Over 20 years ago, Honda came to the rescue when the Salvation Army had most of its Christmas gifts and supplies for the needy stolen from a storage building. We approached the Torrance Marriott about organizing a Christmas luncheon for those in need, and just like that, the Sharing is Caring Holiday Luncheon was born.
