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ORNL employees, UT-Battelle donate $900K+ to nonprofits

Posted at 11:27 am January 31, 2022
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees gather on the campus quad for the Facilities and Operations Charity Carnival for Kids and Barbecue Cookoff to benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital on June 23, 2021. (Photo credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees and the lab’s managing contractor UT-Battelle donated more than $900,000 to local nonprofit organizations in 2021.

Most of the donations, almost $800,000, came from laboratory employees. UT-Battelle provided an additional $144,000 in corporate contributions, a press release said. That’s a total of $944,000 in donations.

The contributions from ORNL’s employees benefit 169 area and regional nonprofits, the press release said.

Organizations receiving funds include:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: donations, giving campaign, Jeremy Busby, nonprofit organizations, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, ORNL Gives, Steve Ventura, Thomas Zacharia, UT-Battelle

Y-12 employees support East Tennessee through grants program

Posted at 12:24 pm November 17, 2018
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Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC presented grants totaling $125,000 to 22 nonprofits in eight East Tennessee counties on Thursday evening, Nov. 15, 2018, at New Hope Center. The focus areas for the grants this year were historical and cultural preservation and mental health and substance abuse. (Photo courtesy CNS Y-12)

Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC presented grants totaling $125,000 to 22 nonprofits in eight East Tennessee counties on Thursday evening, Nov. 15, 2018, at New Hope Center. The focus areas for the grants this year were historical and cultural preservation and mental health and substance abuse. (Photo courtesy CNS Y-12)

 

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Grants totaling $125,000 focus on mental health and substance abuse, and on historic and cultural preservation

There is no better time to lend a helping hand than now as the holidays approach.

Local residents needing help with mental health and substance abuse and organizations focused on historic and cultural preservation will soon get more assistance thanks to the employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC.

CNS manages and operates the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Y-12 has three missions: maintaining the U.S nuclear deterrent, reducing global nuclear threats, and fueling the nuclear U.S. Navy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: CNS, CNS Y-12 Community Investment Fund, CNS Y-12 Investment Advisory Committee, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, East Tennessee Foundation, grants, historic and cultural preservation, mental health, nonprofit organizations, substance abuse, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex

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