Keeping The Community Prepared

Cymer's long time partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank continued in 2010, with Cymer holding five employee blood drives during the year. In an effort to boost the region's limited blood supply, Cymer set the lofty goal of 175 pints. Final results showed employees had contributed 180 pints of blood—exceeding the goal and bringing Cymer's total contribution over the 13 year partnership to over 1,400 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. Ryan Mathews of the San Diego Chargers along with local Naval Officers visited the Cymer site to sign autographs and collect more than 200 toys from nearly 150 Cymer employees and family members. In addition, Cymer Employees donated six full barrels of food for the San Diego Food Bank. The efforts didn't stop there though. 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 80 Cymer volunteers contributing.