CivicCymer's long time partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank continued in 2009, with Cymer holding five employee blood drives during the year. Hoping to boost the region's limited blood supply, Cymer set a high goal of 175 pints. Final results showed employees had contributed 189 pints of blood - exceeding the goal and bringing Cymer's total contribution over the 12 year partnership to a total of 1,225 pints. The San Diego Blood Bank estimates that more than 2,000 people will benefit from Cymer's contribution.
Prior to the company's holiday shutdown, Cymer held its annual Holiday Food Drive along with our Toys For Tots event. Nick Hardwick of the San Diego Chargers along with local Marines visited the Cymer site to sign autographs and collect more than 150 toys from nearly 100 Cymer employees and family members. In addition, Cymer employees donated six full barrels of food for the San Diego Food Bank.
Employees donated time during Cymer's Holiday shutdown to help the San Diego Food Bank sort and package food. Thousands of people in San Diego depend on the Food Bank every day and Cymer volunteers sifted through palettes of donated food, then prepped and boxed it ready for distribution. This was the largest volunteer effort in Cymer's history, with more than 70 Cymer volunteers contributing.
