Gearing up for a new year THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2024 BACK TO SCHOOL — From left, Sandia senior management assistant Melissa Mercier and Camp Parks employee Liliam Cordoba distribute backpacks full of school supplies to military families during the Operation Backpack event in California on Aug. 6. Sandians donated 225 backpacks to families at Camp Parks in Dublin and Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Randy Wong) CLASSROOM READY — Logistics team member Ely Anaya carries one of many boxes of donated school supplies into Moriarty-Edgewood District Schools on Aug. 14. Through Stuff the Bus and Operation Backpack initiatives, Sandians in New Mexico donated $8,500 plus school supplies that were delivered to schools in Albuquerque, Los Lunas and Moriarty-Edgewood. (Photo by Craig Fritz)