Laboratory employees and their employer once again demonstrated deep concern for their communities and those in need by contributing a record $1.7 million to United Way programs in Northern New Mexico and Santa Fe.
Laboratory employees pledged or donated $844,000 to the United Way in this year’s giving campaign. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, which operates the Laboratory, plans to match the amount dollar-for-dollar. This year’s record contribution is more than $100,000 greater than the $721,000 employees donated last year.
Including the LANS match, Los Alamos employees raised nearly $1.7 million in pledges and donations in this year's United Way giving campaign.
"Our Los Alamos employees can take pride in this accomplishment,” said Johnnie Martinez, acting director of Los Alamos’s Community Programs Office (CPO). “Yet again, Laboratory personnel have shown through their generosity that their community is important to them and that they are eager to help those around them.”
The Laboratory’s giving campaign ended last month, but additional employee pledges and donations continue coming in. The employee contributions fund a number of social service provider agency programs and services in Northern New Mexico and Santa Fe.
"The United Way of Northern New Mexico is thrilled with the success of the Laboratory’s workplace campaign, and we’re so appreciative of the generosity of Laboratory employees and look forward to a long and happy association with the Laboratory and Los Alamos National Security,” said Donna Schroeder, executive director of United Way of Northern New Mexico. “We also look forward to the LANS match. We know that a great deal will be done in Northern New Mexico with these monies, and we’re very appreciative.”
"The Laboratory workplace campaign and the overwhelmingly generous Los Alamos National Security corporate match are key to United Way of Santa Fe County’s mission,” said Karen Sanchez Samora, United Way of Santa Fe County vice president for community relations.
For more information about the United Way Campaign, call Community Programs at 5-4400.
