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News Releases Back-to-School Bash at Central Park Square caps successful School Supply Drive
August 19, 2010—Nearly 60 Laboratory employees and their family members participated in the "Kicks for Kids" 3-kilometer fun walk Wednesday as part of the Back-to-School Bash at Central Park Square. The event culminated this year's School Supply Drive to collect backpacks and school supplies for Northern New Mexico school children. A total of $1,320 was raised from the fun walk; all proceeds go to the LANL Laces program. Lab employees donated more than 1,000 backpacks, many of which were filled with school supplies for Northern New Mexico School children just in time for the start of a new school year. Photo by Sandra Valdez, IRM
Fast Facts
People
11,127 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 8,683
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force) 419
Contractors 606
Students 1,101
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $5.9 billion
Budget FY 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
57% Weapons programs
9% Nonproliferation programs
7% Safeguards and Security
8% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
4% Energy and other programs
11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics (LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe,
Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
70% male, 30% female
43% minorities
63% university degrees
· 23% hold undergraduate degrees
· 16% hold graduate degrees
· 24% have earned a Ph.D.
Major Awards
121 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines