Crystal Window & Door Systems to donate percent of sales to World Trade Center fund.Thomas Chen, president and founder of Crystal Window & Door Systems, announced the company would donate 1% of monthly sales through the end of the year to relief organizations associated with the World Trade Center tragedy. The donation amount is estimated to total $150,000. While the organization which will benefit from this contribution has not been named yet, the beneficiaries will include the Red Cross and the families of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. firefighters, police, and other emergency workers lost or injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the Sept. 11 incident. Deeply grieved by the tragedy, Chen, a naturalized nat·u·ral·ize v. nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing, nat·u·ral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth). 2. To adopt (something foreign) into general use. American citizen and immigrant from Taiwan, stated, "This is a time for all Americans, regardless of their race, creed, color, or national origin, to draw together in support of those who have suffered injury and loss." Being an immigrant from another nation, Chen was drawn to America and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in the hope of a better life for his family. Therefore, he feels strongly that "New York must be rebuilt so that it can continue to be the beacon of hope, opportunity, and success that it is to the rest of the world." In addition to this major initiative, Crystal employees have donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. or pledged more than $13,000 in support of relief efforts. Almost all employees of Crystal are voluntarily contributing money, including 60 who have donated a day's salary to the cause. |
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