The annual Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund drive to raise funds to award college scholarships to Northern New Mexico area students is under way. Laboratory personnel should begin receiving pledge forms in interoffice mail later this month.
The fund drive is scheduled to end June 15.
Since the program's inception, University of California Laboratory employees and subcontract personnel have contributed more than $1 million in donations or pledges to the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund giving campaign. Some 315 high school seniors or college undergraduates have received scholarships through the fund since 1999.
Payroll deductions start in September and will continue unless otherwise instructed by the donor. Employees can make changes to their pledge amounts by contacting the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, which manages the scholarship fund.
Employees also can make a one-time donation. Personal checks can be written to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation. Lab personnel also can make pledges online by going to the foundation Web page at www.lanlfoundation.org online. Employees also can pledge through payroll deduction or with a Visa or Mastercard.
The Laboratory Foundation is a philanthropic grant-giving entity created in 1997. It supports a range of regional and community not-for-profit organizations.
For more information on the scholarship fund, write to Tony Fox of the Laboratory Foundation at tfox@lanlfoundation.org by electronic mail, or call Debbi Wersonick of the Community Relations (CRO) Office, coordinator of employee and corporate giving programs, at 7-7870.
For more information, see the April 5 Daily Newsbulletin.
