CREWS OF CALIFORNIA RAISES $30,000 AT LAX AIRPORT TO HELP UNITED WAY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES FIGHT POVERTY
Crews of California, a retailer and food-and- beverage provider at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), donated $30,000 to United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ Creating Pathways Out of Poverty fund. The company presented United Way with a check today at its Terminal 1 retail location. Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl and executives from United Way and the airport attended the presentation.
“Crews of California’s charitable donation to United Way’s Creating Pathways Out of Poverty fund is an admirable achievement,” said Rosendahl. “The money will strengthen our community by helping individuals break the cycle of poverty in the greater Los Angeles area.”
Crews of California raised $24,456.64 by placing donation boxes in their news stands throughout LAX during 2010, and then matched more then 20 percent of the collections to bring the total donation to $30,000.
“When we are chosen to do business in an airport, we see a greater responsibility than just providing excellent customer service. We seek to engage our customers to help make the larger community a better place for everyone,” said Crews of California Chief Operating Officer Deborah Crews.
“I applaud Crews of California’s efforts to raise funds for United Way,” said Los Angeles World Airports Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey. “The company has gone above and beyond providing customer service to airport passengers by also helping to improve the lives of families in need in Los Angeles.”
United Way’s Creating Pathways out of Poverty fund seeks to end poverty across Los Angeles by focusing on permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless, supporting middle school students to achieve high school graduation, and providing motivated adults with the training and financial tools they need to thrive.
“We thank Crews for their commitment to helping solve the problems of those facing the toughest time in our community. Crews vividly demonstrates the enormous possibilities businesses have in making a better community for us all,” said United Way of Los Angeles Chief Administrative Officer Marie Wiest.
About Crews of California
Crews of California began operations at LAX in May 1994. The company operates five retail stores at LAX with two locations in Terminal 1 and three in the Tom Bradley International Terminal. The company also is in the process of helping revitalize the airport’s food-and-beverage offerings by opening four local and regional fresh and healthy offerings including Lemonade, Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, Concert Bar and Klatch Coffee. Crews of California strives to be recognized as a premier airport concessionaire with a reputation for providing customer care of the highest rank, while achieving superior sales and profit results.
About Los Angeles International Airport
LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering more than 565 daily flights to 81 domestic cities and over 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 65 international destinations on over 75 carriers. In 2010, LAX served over 59 million passengers, processed over 1.9 million tons of cargo valued at nearly $84 billion, and handled 575,835 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs). LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.