Giving 295 hours of time, talent during National Volunteer Month
TINY BOTS — From left, Andy Graves; his daughter Rocío Sandoval-Graves, 8; her cousin Matías Sandoval, 3; and Matías’s father, Marcos Sandoval, work with small Ozobots robots to execute a line of instructions at Jefferson Middle School Science Night on April 9. (Photo by Craig Fritz)
FIELD PREP — Computer engineer Maria Primavera prepares fields for planting tomatoes while volunteering with Seed2Need, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing hunger by growing fresh fruits and vegetables and donating the produce to local food pantries. (Photo by David Lienemann)TUNE UP — Clay Campbell with Free Bikes 4 Kidz New Mexico loads a bike into a box truck at the Trek Store on April 4. The organization collected 48 bikes at the event. Sandia volunteers assisted with cleaning and refurbishing them for donation to local partners such as afterschool programs, health clinics, church groups, crisis centers and tribal organizations. (Photo by Craig Fritz)
ONION STACKS — Sandians sort and pack 50-pound bags of onions during a service project at Roadrunner Food Bank. In April, 50 volunteers from Sandia participated in projects at Roadrunner. Community Involvement mobilized 118 people and 295 volunteer hours across various projects during National Volunteer Month. (Photo by David Lienemann)SMOOTH OPERATION — From left, engineering project lead Bob Pacheco, Mariah Ramirez and her mother, auditor Ashley Ramirez, sort and pack 50-pound bags of onions during a service project at Roadrunner Food Bank on April 25. (Photo by David Lienemann)
TOMATO HOLES — Mariah, left, and auditor Ashley Ramirez, center, help prepare fields for planting in Corrales, New Mexico, April 18. This volunteer event drew 25 Sandians, their family members and friends. In May, a group of 30 volunteers from Sandia will revisit the fields to plant tomato plants. (Photo by David Lienemann)
