On June 5, 2008, Westinghouse Electric Company presented $20,195 donation from its employees to Pittsburgh Chinese School (PCS) for the "Rebuild-A-School-Campaign" (RASC).

 

On behalf of the company and employees, Jim Fici, Sr. Vice President of customer relations and sales, presented the donation to the representatives from PCS and CAST-P during a lunch meeting at Westinghouse's headquarter located in Monroeville, PA. He expressed their deep sympathy to the earthquake victims and willingness to help the children to get back to their normal life soon.

 

In the letter of thanks to Westinghouse, PCS stated, "We are very grateful to Westinghouse for supporting the RASC fundraising activity…..we greatly appreciate your generosity, your love and care for the victims affected by the earthquake in China, and most importantly, your commitment to help rebuild the educational environment for the children in the disaster area."

 

The fundraising event organized by employees was started in Monroeville facility and quickly spread to several other Westinghouse facilities nearby. The major employee volunteers, Ching Yu, Hang "Andrew" Chen, Ruiqi (Ricky) Ma, Baocheng Zhang, Yiu Law, Lin Paul Qun, Feiyun Zhao and Hang Zhou, attended the meeting. One of the major contributors, Augustine Cheung, did not make for the meeting due to his business trip.

 

Several other members from Westinghouse management team, Lynnann Reid, Manager of employee communications and community relations, Tracey Rapali, Sr. Communications Specialist of employee communications and community relations, and Linda Kendro, Executive administrator of employee communications and community relations, also attended the meeting and provided great support to this event.

 

Lastly, Ms. Tracey Rapali, a key person in coordinating with this donation, accepted PCS invitation to be a member in the upcoming RASC Committee to oversee the fundraising process and disposition.

 

The RASC fundraising activity has reached out and received great support from many local communities. As of June 6, PCS has received a total of $77,157.64 donation for RASC.