Resilience in Adversity: USPAACC's Crucial Role in Nurturing Fanny Crystal Jewelry Through the Pandemic

In a recent inter­view, USPAACC engaged in a con­ver­sa­tion with Tony Tong, co-own­er of Fan­ny Crys­tal Jew­el­ry, dis­cussing the col­lab­o­ra­tion with USPAACC and the piv­otal role of the Com­mu­ni­ty Nav­i­ga­tor Pilot Pro­gram (CNPP) in safe­guard­ing their fam­i­ly busi­ness dur­ing chal­leng­ing times

Fan­ny Crys­tal Jew­el­ry, a sta­ple in Brook­lyn Chi­na­town, run by immi­grant own­ers Fan­ny and Tony Tong, faced clo­sure and finan­cial strain dur­ing the pan­dem­ic. Known for its diverse jew­el­ry offer­ings and excel­lent com­mu­ni­ty rep­u­ta­tion, the store stands as a tes­ta­ment to the Tongs’ pur­suit of the Amer­i­can Dream.

Despite their deter­mi­na­tion to per­sist in their dream, Fan­ny and Tony sought exter­nal assis­tance to nav­i­gate the chal­lenges and keep their busi­ness alive.

Fan­ny and Tony Tong, own­ers of Fan­ny Crys­tal Jew­el­ry, found a life­line in the Com­mu­ni­ty Nav­i­ga­tor Pilot Pro­gram (CNPP) oper­at­ed by USPAACC’s Spoke Uni­ver­sal Pro­cess­ing in NYC dur­ing the pan­dem­ic. Lever­ag­ing the U.S. Small Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion (SBA) ini­tia­tive, they secured $10,000 through the Tar­get­ed Eco­nom­ic Injury Dis­as­ter Loan (EIDL) pro­gram in Jan­u­ary 2022, with assis­tance from Kai Zhang at Uni­ver­sal Pro­cess­ing.

USPAACC and its CNPP Region­al Spoke played a cru­cial role, serv­ing as a life­line for Fan­ny Crys­tal Jew­el­ry. The funds were instru­men­tal in cov­er­ing expens­es, pay­ing rent, util­i­ties, inven­to­ry, and staff, facil­i­tat­ing the reopen­ing of their store and allow­ing them to resume serv­ing their val­ued customers.

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