BATTELLE EMPLOYEES SUPPORT EARLY READING MISSION

Employees of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have once again chosen to support the work of the Mid-Columbia Reading Foundation through their annual "For The Love of Giving" campaign.  PNNL is a national lab operated by Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio, for the U.S. Department of Energy, and employs over 4000 staff at their campus in Richland, Washington.

"For The Love of Giving" allows selected local non-profits to submit a "wish list" of office supplies and equipment needed for teh coming year.  These items are them hung on holiday trees throughout the PNNL campus, whre staff may elected to purchase the items or make a cash donation.  Items such as copier paper, printer ink, and paper clips are commonly requested.

This is the fourth consecutive year MCRF has been selected as a crecipient agency, thanks mainly to the recommendation of Tere Ellis, a lab technician at PNNL.

This unique and generous program allows us to put more mony on direct services, rather then on overhead and supplies, and that's a good thing, "said MCRF Executive Director Marc Harden.