By JENNY PARKS
President and CEO

First and foremost, we extend our condolences to those throughout the world who are dealing with hardship during this time, and our gratitude to our leaders, healthcare professionals, first responders, and others helping to guide our communities through this challenge.

We also commit to you that, as we work together through this crisis, the LANL Foundation will continue to do all that we can to support our babies, families, students, school districts, pueblos, and other communities in Northern New Mexico. The health, safety, and security of our staff, our families, and our communities are paramount to the Foundation. 

In efforts to keep our families safe, we have implemented strong measures to address the COVID-19 Coronavirus. From now until April 6, the LANL Foundation offices will be open only for essential operations of the Foundation. All outside meetings will be postponed or held telephonically or digitally.

April 6, we will re-assess the situation and decide what to do at that point. Currently, the LANL Foundation staff are working remotely. We have prohibited all business travel and canceled all in-person LANL Foundation events until further notice. All outside events held at the LANL Foundation will be canceled or rescheduled.

The LANL Foundation is allowing staff additional flexibility and time off to attend to family and other needs. This is an “all-hands-on-deck” moment, a time for us to come together to work for the common good. The more action we take now to limit our exposure to COVID-19, the more we protect our communities from infection.  

For more details on the logic behind our decision making, see the article below about “flattening the curve”, the new motto for limiting the pandemic’s spread. 

From The New York Times: Flattening the Coronavirus Curve, One chart explains why slowing the spread of the infection is nearly as important as stopping it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/science/coronavirus-curve-mitigation-infection.html  

Please feel free to email me at jenny@lanlfoundation.org or call me at 505.670.4852 if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your understanding.