HOME Campaign closes at $1.3 million
Employees raised more than $1.3 million to give to community charities
and non-profit agencies in this year’s HOME Campaign.
The fund-raising campaign, called HOME, for Helping Others More Effectively,
is held each November and December. Employees contribute money to charities
of their own choice through monthly payroll deduction and/or onetime check
donations.
"The Lab’s HOME Campaign continues to make a difference in the
Tri-Valley Area," said David Rice, president of the Tri-Valley Community
Foundation, an umbrella agency that funnels HOME Campaign dollars to dozens
of charities within the Tri-Valley area. "This is a tremendous gift
the Lab gives to the community."
This year’s campaign marks the fourth consecutive year in which employees
raised more than $1 million. The total amount, $1.308 million, surpasses
last year’s total of 1.26 million.
"This campaign shows how aware our Laboratory employees are of the
needs in their community, and how much they want to help," said Wayne
Shotts, Associate Director for the Lab’s Nonproliferation, Arms Control
and International Security Directorate, which sponsored the campaign.
For 27 years the Laboratory has staged its HOME Campaign to raise money
for local nonprofit agencies, as well as umbrella groups such as United
Way and the Tri-Valley Community Foundation. In the last seven years that
Lab has steadily increased the amount of money donated, raising almost
$7 million.
Local agencies such as Tri-Valley Haven for Women, Shepherd’s Gate
and Tri-Valley Animal Rescue are among those who benefit greatly from
the HOME Campaign.
"We are very pleased with the outcome of this year’s campaign,"
said Roger Werne, who chaired the effort. "I want to thank all those
employees who contributed, as well as the employees in NAI and the Computation
Directorate who helped put everything together.
"The HOME Campaign proves that anyone can make a difference in someone’s
life."
Computation sponsored this year’s Run for HOME and will chair the
2002 campaign.