Sandia logged more than 100,000 volunteer hours in its database. Volunteerism includes participation in activities like Make a Difference Day, where 200 volunteers worked on more than a dozen projects; Habitat for Humanity, with 200 volunteers and seven houses built; Roadrunner Food Bank, for the sorting of food from the biannual Mail Carrier Drives in November and May; and other causes.
In California, the Holiday Spirit Gift & Grocery Campaign is held during December each year as an opportunity for Sandians and contractors to give to those less fortunate in our local communities. Gifts are wrapped by the employees and delivered to appropriate agencies in time for the holiday season. The “grocery” portion of the campaign provides nonperishable food to support the Family Crisis Center in Livermore and San Joaquin County Food Bank in Manteca.
Lockheed Martin, on behalf of Sandia, has donated more than $15 million to nonprofit organizations in the Middle Rio Grande communities since 1993. The focus is on projects that encourage the development of youth to foster a next-generation workforce that is skilled, educated, and maintains community values. Recipients include museums, literacy programs, music in schools, the Albuquerque Tricentennial celebration, and service awards for Sandia volunteers.
Finally, 2006 figures show that Sandia employees gave more than $3 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico and provided $223,600 to the SHARE Program in the Livermore, California, area. The average individual gift of the participating employees is $490 per year. Lockheed Martin provides an additional $50,000 in New Mexico and $5,000 in California.