Thru the Lens: Shawmut Design and Construction donates $26,000 worth of toys through Project Happier Holidays

Shown (from left) are: Shawmut executives Roger Tougas, Marianne Monte, Les Hiscoe and Kevin Sullivan wrapping some of the 1,300 toys Shawmut donated this holiday season through Project Happier Holidays.

Boston, MA Shawmut Design and Construction donated 1,300 toys worth $26,000 to children in need across the country through the Project Happier Holidays initiative. 

Shawmut’s network was given the opportunity to pick a gift through Shawmut’s holiday card to help give local children a happier holiday. The selected gifts were then donated by Shawmut offices across the country to eight non-profit organizations.

This holiday season, Shawmut donated gifts to The Home for Little Wanderers (Boston), Coalition for the Homeless (New York), EMQ FamiliesFirst (Los Angeles), His House Children’s Home (Miami), Olive Crest (Las Vegas), Louie’s Place (Providence, R.I.), Horizons for Homeless Children (West Springfield, Mass.), ‘r kids Family Center (New Haven, CT).

Shawmut is a national construction management firm with a reputation for completing complex and logistically challenging projects for the most high-profile clients in the industry. As an ESOP (employee-owned) company, Shawmut has created a culture of ownership, proactive solution-making, and forward thinking.