During National Volunteer Week, HAAM would like to spotlight volunteer extraordinaire Paul Gonzales. When he's not playing in tennis league tournaments or working as a real estate broker, you can spot native Austinite Gonzales out attending concerts with his family or volunteering with HAAM as one of our HAAMbassadors. HAAMbassadors are a vital part of HAAM's community outreach, serving as frontline ambassadors to the thousands of Central Texans attending events year-round that benefit HAAM. We recently caught up with Gonzales to discuss his story of becoming a HAAMbassador, why he thinks HAAM is important for the culture of Austin, and why he has more volunteer hours during the last 5 years than any other volunteer!

This year, HAAM and Estes Audiology celebrate 15 years of partnership and the Hear Clinics for HAAM musicians. Established in 2008, the collaboration between HAAM and Estes Audiology provides hearing screenings, individual counseling on conservation and protection, as well as custom-fit filtered earplugs.