Lab food drive provides 289,000 meals

Employees from Los Alamos National Laboratory joined forces with The Food Depot to combat food insecurity across Northern New Mexico, donating $70,738 as well as 7,509 pounds of food. That works out to 289,000 meals for people facing food insecurity in the counties of Colfax, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and Union.

Of the Laboratory’s approximately 17,000 employees, two-thirds live outside Los Alamos County in surrounding Northern New Mexico communities.

“Our employees want to give where they live, and this is a primary way the Laboratory is a force for good in the community,” says Community Partnerships Office Director Kathy Keith.

Read the full story about the food drive here.