Community Involvement

B&W Y‑12 is committed to keeping the community informed in areas of operations, environmental concerns, safety and emergency preparedness. To facilitate communication between the company and the community, a Community Relations Council (CRC) was formed in 2002. The CRC provides feedback to the company regarding our operations and ways to enhance communications and involvement with the community and public at large. The council is composed of 20 members from a cross section of the community, including environmental advocates, neighborhood residents, Y‑12 retirees and business and government leaders.

In addition to the corporate donations and sponsorships we provide, Y‑12 employees are committed to serving in the communities where they live. We serve in local government; as board members for nonprofit agencies; as mentors, tutors, coaches and scoutmasters for youth; and as coordinators for numerous community projects.

The company has provided financial support to numerous organizations throughout East Tennessee, including the following:

Health, Welfare and Nonprofit

• Alzheimer's Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• Anderson County Office on Aging
• Anderson County Rescue Squad
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tennessee Valley
• Boy Scouts of America
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Knoxville
• Boys Club of Oak Ridge
• Briceville Volunteer Fire Department
• CALM House
• Campbell County Rural Fire Department
• CASA of Tennessee Heartland
• Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s Columbus Home Children’s Shelter
• Child Advocacy Center
• Claxton Volunteer Fire Department
• CONTACT Helpline
• Dunn Diversified Industries
• East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition
• East Tennessee Muscular Distrophy Association
• Emerald Youth Foundation
• Emory Valley Center
• Florence Crittenton Agency
• Girls, Inc.
• Girl Scouts of America
• Good Samaritan Center, Loudon County
• Goodwill Industries
• Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County (supplies and volunteers to construct homes)
• Holiday Bureau of Anderson County
• Hospitality House
• Ijams Nature Center
• InterFaith Health Clinic
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Keystone Adult Day Program
• Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries
• Knoxville Area Urban League
• Knoxville Community Action Committee’s Mobile Meals Program
• LaFollette Rescue Squad
• Love Kitchen, Inc.
• March of Dimes
• Medic Regional Blood Center
• Make-a-Wish Foundation
• Men of Tomorrow
• Mental Health Association
• Mission of Hope
• Morgan County Rescue Squad
• National Child Safety Council
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• National Park Service (employee volunteer projects)
• Operation REACH
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• Roane County Habitat for Humanity
• Salvation Army
• Second Harvest Food Bank
• Shrine Circus Fund
• Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
• Volunteer Ministry Center
• YWCA of Oak Ridge

Educational

• Anderson County Schools
• Briceville Public Library
• Campbell County High School
• Caryville Public Library
• Claxton Elementary School
• Coal Creek Foundation (scholarship)
• Coalfield Public Library
• Dyllis Elementary School
• East Tennessee Public Communications Corporation (GED Program)
• Jacksboro Public Library
• Knox County Sheriff's Department (GED Program)
• Morgan County Schools
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities Science Fair
• Oak Ridge Public Schools Foundation
• Petros Public Library
• Project GRAD
• Roane County Schools
• Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair
• Sunbright Public Library
• Tennessee State University
• The University of Tennessee

Arts and Culture

• African American Appalachian Arts
• Arts and Culture Alliance of Knoxville
• Arts Council of Oak Ridge
• Children's Museum of Oak Ridge
• Friends of ORNL Lecture Series
• Friends of Kodak Library
• Knoxville Opera
• Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration
• Oak Ridge Children's Show Choir
• Oak Ridge Civic Music Association
• Oak Ridge Playhouse
• Roane Choral Society
• Sam Houston Memorial Association
• Smoky Mountain Harmony Chorus
• Tennessee Mountain Writers, Inc.
• Tennessee Performing Arts Center
• Tennessee Stage Company