Combined Federal Campaign kickoff Sept. 14

Several non-profit organizations will be there to provide information about what their organizations provide to the community. The event will also feature individuals from our local federal community who will share their personal testimonies and how they were assisted by a CFC charity.

There has been a major change in the CFC this year. The Office of Personnel Management, the governing agency for the CFC, has given all participating charities a permanent five-digit code.

This code number replaces the four-digit codes that you used in past campaigns to designate your pledge. The five-digit code will stay the same for a charity for as long as it is doing business as a non-profit organization. When you are completing your pledge form, please take the time to review the charity list booklet and identify the charities you wish to support and use their new five-digit code. No new codes will begin with zero.

The 2007 goal for the NAS Jacksonville Division of the Northeast Florida-Southeast Georgia Region CFC is $622,000 and the overall goal for the region is $2,100,000. The region has a federal population of approximately 42,000 people which includes NAS Jax, NS Mayport and NSB Kings Bay, Ga., Coast Guard base, Blount Island Command, Postal Service personnel and all the federal offices including Labor, Internal Revenue Service, Social Security, Housing and Urban Development, Federal Aviation Administration, Reserve and National Guard units and many other organizations.

The 2007 CFC Region Team has chosen the following incentive prizes for individuals who turn their pledge forms in before Nov. 30. The prizes are: First prize, a five-day Caribbean cruise for two; second prize, an HD color TV; third prize, a $500 airline gift card; fourth prize, a weekend getaway for two; fifth prize, a one week free car rental and sixth and seventh prizes, $100 gift checks. Finalists will be picked by random drawing and will participate in a drawing to determine which incentive prize they receive at the CFC celebration in late January 2008.

Special recognition gifts for leadership givers are: Double Eagle ($1,200+) - engraved rosewood box with pen and pencil, American flag and eagle award, insulated six-pack cooler and watertight sport case; Eagle ($600-$1,199) - American flag and eagle award, insulated six-pack cooler and watertight sport case; Patriot ($300-$599) - insulated six-pack cooler and watertight sport case and Pioneer ($150-$299) - watertight sport case.

The loaned executives for NAS Jax and tenant commands are: CWO3 Charles Jakes and CS1 Bobby St. George (NAS Jax), Rick Reckert and Angela Roberson (FRCSE) and Lt. Anthony Illana and HMC Nancy Glaser (Naval Hospital Jax). Training for all command coordinators and key workers will be held Sept. 10 at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the BOQ conference room.

For more information, call Jakes at 542-4539 or St. George at 542-8191 to sign up for one of the sessions.

We are looking forward to a great CFC this year. Remember this is our campaign and is one of the best ways for us to share our good fortunes with those who need our support.