As COVID-19 spread rapidly in parts of the Navajo Nation and New Mexico pueblos, a groundswell of Sandia employees – including many Native Americans and members of Sandia’s American Indian Outreach Committee – were determined to send help quickly.
The grassroots effort initiated by Sandia’s workforce resulted in a labs-wide fundraising drive that collected $220,000 from 1,741 donors in just two weeks. National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC, which manages the labs, added a $25,