STRONGER TOGETHER — Project manager Josie Gallegos, left, and financial specialist Denise Johnson pull up a row cover during a Seed2Need event in Corrales, New Mexico, on Nov. 1. Nearly 45 volunteers spent the morning winterizing gardens. Seed2Need gardens grow about 1.5 acres of vegetables that are donated to Roadrunner Food Bank and distributed throughout New Mexico. (Photo by Katrina Wagner)
MATERIALS PREP — Lisa Cowley, right, holds a piece of lumber steady while Larry Johnson cuts the right size for a backyard ramp. Larry and Lisa volunteered through Sandia with Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity’s Habitat Repair Program. (Photo by Natalie Sommer)
CLEARED OUT — From left, Larry Johnson, Dan Bolintineanu and Mayah Drayton gather yard trash in a container. A group of 15 people volunteered with Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity to repair a neighbor’s home. (Photo by Natalie Sommer)
BOTTOM OF THE BOX — Computer scientist Samuel Englert, center, hands cucumbers to cybersecurity researcher Peter Clark during a sorting and packaging project at Roadrunner Food Bank on Nov. 1. (Photo by Katherine Beherec)
COUNTLESS CUKES — Electrical engineer Michael Harcourt pours previously sorted cucumbers into a container on Nov. 1, before Roadrunner Food Bank distributes them to people across New Mexico. (Photo by Katherine Beherec)
HELPING HAND — External Engagements Senior Manager Bianca Hill rolls up a garden hose during a volunteer event in Corrales, New Mexico. Sandians, their friends and family members winterized gardens in partnership with Seed2Need. (Photo by Katrina Wagner)