We value the good relations we have built with our local communities and are proud to be seen as a good community partner.

To support our local communities and wider regional initiatives, we provide a variety of sponsorships and donations. The areas that we focus on are education, the environment, healthy living and culture. We are particularly proud that since 2008, UUSA employees have been the largest contributor to local United Way organizations.

In addition, our employees volunteer more than 1,000 hours each quarter to support non-profit organizations. Every year, UUSA employees and contractors gather together to honor those who were impacted by the events of September 11 by working on home and community improvements in our hometown of Eunice.

Also, our Richie’s Science Workshops have been presented to more than 20,000 local students over the past decade and are facilitated with the help of more than 150 employee volunteers each year. These workshops teach the scientific method and demonstrate the science behind the enrichment process through a number of interactive experiments. Students and teachers continue to provide positive feedback year after year.

To support our local communities further, we offer a summer internship program. These internships provide students with the opportunity to learn about the nuclear industry while working on projects that will enrich their knowledge in their field of study.

In addition, UUSA provides five $1,000 scholarships each year to students who reside in either Lea County, NM, or Andrews County, TX. The scholarship provides a helping hand to current high school seniors or undergraduate students who are undertaking or will undertake two-year or four-year degree programmes. Entry for this year's scholarship programme has closed, winners will be announced on or around May 1, 2022. Applications for the 2023 scholarship programme will open in the first quarter of 2023.