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Scenes From The Family YMCA 2025 Gala

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The Family YMCA CEO Chris Daniels, left, and Operations Director George Marsden welcome this year’s attendees to the Y’s annual gala, April 26 at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe. In recognition of The Family YMCA’s 70th anniversary, this year’s gala theme was platinum. The gala is a fundraiser for the YMCA with proceeds going directly to Annual Campaign, which supports local families in need. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Y CEO Chris Daniels, right, recognizes members of the ‘Benefactors of Youth’ including, from left, Steve Girrens, Sharon Stover, George Marsden, Karen Easton, Read More

Laboratory Employees Donate 337,518 Meals Across Nine Northern New Mexico Counties

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Employee volunteers prepare meals at Kitchen Angels in Santa Fe. The organization delivers hot, nutritious meals to Northern New Mexicans who are homebound. Courtesy photo

LANL News:

This year’s Spring Food Drive offered Los Alamos National Laboratory employees three challenges: give money, donate food or volunteer time to help battle food insecurity in the region. Employees excelled at all three, donating $83,015 (up 17% from last year) in addition to 6,622 pounds of food to The Food Depot, and helping at six Lab-organized volunteer events.

Together, the donations translate to 337,518 Read More

LANL, County, SFNF Invite Community To Learn About Local Trails And How To Maintain Them May 7 At Fuller Lodge

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LANL News:

Want to learn more about local trails and how to help care for them? The National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos County and the U.S. Forest Service will hold a public information meeting on the area’s trails 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave.

The meeting will provide the latest information about the trails and feature discussions on trail management and safe trail use. Trail updates will be provided by LANL, the U.S. Forest Service and Los Alamos County and will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Read More

Preventing Bird-Window Collisions: In-Person & Live-Streamed Talk At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium

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Blue Bird. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to a free educational talk on preventing bird-window collisions, hosted both in-person and live-streamed 6-7 p.m. Thursday, May 1 from the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium at 2600 Canyon Road.

Annual bird mortality resulting from window collisions in the U.S. is estimated to range from 365 million to as high as 988 million birds (Loss et al. 2014), with some estimates at 500 million birds annually (Klem et al. 2009, Klem et al. 2024).

Birds are often deceived by reflected images Read More

Monthly Notification Of Groundwater Data Reviewed In April 2025 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify you that new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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Legacy Cleanup Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify you that new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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LRG To Host Monthly ‘First Tuesday Breakfast’ May 6

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LRG News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) monthly breakfast social, Tuesday May 6 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive.

Come hang out and join the conversation with other Lab retirees. LRG will pay for coffee and tea. Individuals pay for their breakfast and other drinks. Direct questions to sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497.

All laboratory retirees may join LRG. More information can be found at https://lalrg.org. Read More

DOE Awards $74.8 Million Contract For Oak Ridge Professional Support Services To ISMSolutions

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DOE News:

CINCINNATI — The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced today it awarded the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) Technical, Management, and Administrative Services contract to Independent Strategic Management Solutions, Inc., (ISMSolutions) a women-owned small business from Richland, Wash.

After a robust selection process, DOE determined the ISMSolutions is best suited to manage this contract based on key personnel, organization and staffing approach, past performance, and value to taxpayers.

The selected contractor Read More

With A Stapler, A Dream, And A Tote: Joanna Gillespie’s Legacy Of Purpose, Possibility, And Philanthropy

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From left, UWNNM Director of Corporate & Community Engagement Donna Milanovich, LANL Philanthropic Outreach Specialist Joanna Gillespie and UWNNM Executive Director Cindy Padilla. Courtesy/UWNNM

By JEREMY VARELA
UWNNM

Joanna Gillespie’s journey is not one easily captured on a résumé. While her titles and roles trace a clear career path through New Mexico’s nonprofit and philanthropic landscape, the impact she’s made on people’s lives is immeasurable—woven into the communities she’s uplifted, the causes she’s championed, and the hearts she’s inspired.

This story begins at Family Read More

Sediment Management Decision Tree Annual Report For Calendar Year 2024 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify you that new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

Read More