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News Releases Employees, family members turn out to make Pancakes on Plaza another success
July 8, 2010—Alison Gilstrap of Ethics and Compliance is all smiles Sunday morning on Santa Fe's downtown plaza. Gilstrap was one of 60 Laboratory employees and their family members who volunteered to make and serve pancakes at the 35th annual Pancakes on the Plaza event on July 4. Pancakes on the Plaza is a Fourth of July tradition that raises money for initiatives supported by the United Way of Santa Fe County, the Santa Fe New Mexican Foundation, and the Rotary Club of Santa Fe. According to the United Way of Santa Fe County, an estimated 30,000 pancakes were served, along with 5,000 vegetarian sausage patties, 1,000 pounds of ham, 300 gallons of orange juice, 700 pounds of fruit, 3,000 half-pint cartons of milk and chocolate milk, 140 gallons of syrup, 100 pounds of coffee, and 5,000 bottles of water. The Lab and Los Alamos National Security, LLC helped sponsor the event.
Photos by Buddy Crofton
Mark Shepard of Strategic Planning and Production Control cooks a batch of pancakes for hungry locals and visitors to the plaza.
Sally Eres of Personnel Security holds a ladle of strawberries to place on a fresh plate of pancakes at Sunday's Pancakes on the Plaza in Santa Fe.
Sandy Turner of Network Services keeps busy pouring pancake batter on the grill at Sunday's Pancakes on the Plaza.
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