Jim Haynes, B&W Y-12 deputy general manger for programs and projects, far right, joins other volunteers to give a rescue dog a bath for Shelter Animal Rescue Group of Oak Ridge during Y-12 Volunteer Day. (Photo submitted by B&W Y-12)
More than 1,000 people turned out for the Y-12 National Security Complex’s annual Day of Volunteering last weekend to help nonprofit agencies in the region with about 60 projects. This was the program’s largest turnout in 10 years, according to a press release from B&W Y-12.
The work benefits local individuals and organizations.
“Our folks volunteer year-round, but this annual event is a great reminder of how individuals working together can make a big difference in our communities,†said Darrel Kohlhorst, president and general manager of B&W Y-12, which buys the supplies for volunteers to use on the projects.
“Each year we have more volunteers who give their time and talents to various projects,†Kohlhorst said. “It’s a good feeling to be able to help so many different organizations and people in East Tennessee.â€
The projects included making quilts for NHC Health Care, loading boxes of food at the Valley View Mobile Pantry and Second Harvest Food Bank, painting rooms at the Scarboro Learning Center, building a sidewalk at Lenoir City’s North Middle School, and washing dogs for the Shelter Animals Rescue Group.
Susie Williams Taylor says
Oh how I wish such a program could be put in place to help with yards in the Oak Ridge Reservation. There seems to be so,o many residents who are disabled, elderly, etc., who desperately need help! These non-profit agencies,…couldn’t they undertake this service….somehow?
John Huotari says
I’m not aware of a service like that, but I’ll let you know if I hear of one, Susie.