though los alamos is working to re-populate the city by laying out a detailed plan of action -- volunteers know their work is also far from over. heather mills continues our team coverage from los alamos. heather. joe -- i've got to tell you -- the community of los alamos has banded together in a way i've never seen before. the ones who stayed behind to help are making a huge difference for the men and women on the front lines. it started as a sandwich assembly line .. it quickly escalated into a full-blown meal operation feeding more than 12-hundred people a day. "i know how to feed people. i don't know how to fight a fire, but i can feed people." denise lane has owned the hill diner for 26 years. she stayed behind to help.. and even though the food is coming mostly from her own pocket book.. she says it's worth it. "right now it's so easy to have this, like, single purpose and passion. it's so simple. i get up everyday and i know what i'm going to do for the next 14 hours." right now 60 volunteers are busy making about 850 meals for hungry firefighters working the front lines of the las conchas fire. lane says it started out with just six volunteers. "they're here and they're giving without question to their community and they are working their tales off." martha waters is one of those volunteers.. she says that even when the people of los alamos are allowed back home .. their work at the diner will continue. "if they said come back tomorrow, if everybody gets to come back to town, its not done." "people are fighting fires on the 4th of july so the 4th of july is not a holiday here." something i think just really shows how appreciative the volunteers are.. each meal-to-go comes with a special thank you note for the firefighters and county workers.
