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AUDI OF AMERICA, INC. DONATES $100,000 TO NY FIRE FIGHTERS FUND AS PART OF AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES C |
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Écrit par Philippe Crowe
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28 septembre 2001 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich.-Audi of America, Inc. is donating $100,000 to the New York Fire Fighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund to help the families of victims who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The donation will be in the name of the American Le Mans Series, and is part of a fundraising effort tied to the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta on Oct. 6th.
Additional efforts to raise money for the Fire Fighters fund include an auction hosted by Road Atlanta on Friday, October 5th. The Audi Sport North America team will donate many items including the race overalls from the ALMS 2001 champion driver, who will be one of the four Audi works drivers in the race. Race spectators also can contribute to the NY Fire Fighters Fund as an Atlanta-area firemen's unit will "Pass a Boot" for donations during the race.
"We at Audi want to donate this money to the families of the fallen firefighters in New York as a tribute to those hard-working heroes who gave their lives," said Len Hunt, Vice President in charge of Audi of America. "This country is trying to move forward, encouraged by our leaders to return to normalcy. And so we will race in Atlanta. But even as we prepare to start our engines on Oct. 6, we will honor the victims of that terrible day, and remember their families. That is why we make this donation in the name of the American Le Mans Series, which will be racing, but racing with heavy hearts."
This $100,000 donation is part of the commitment of Audi AG in Germany to the Volkswagen Group Foundation in the U.S. On Monday, September 17, the employees and management of the Volkswagen Group (which includes Audi and Volkswagen in the United States) decided to create a Foundation to assist victims of the recent terrorist attacks. The Foundation will be funded initially with $2 million dollars from the Group.
The purpose of this Foundation is to extend humanitarian help to the children of the families that have been traumatized by last week's terrorist attacks in the United States. This will include medical and psychological assistance as well as rehabilitation and scholarships.
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