CFC a time of giving

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Barbara Plante
  • 944th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. --  It is Combined Federal Campaign season at Luke Air Force Base.  The CFC which began on October 1 and runs for six weeks was created in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed the Executive Order authorizing the U.S. Civil Service Commission to develop guidelines and regulate fundraising in the Federal service. 

According to its website, the mission of the CFC, "Is to promote and support philanthropy through a program that is employee focused, cost-efficient, and effective in providing all federal employees the opportunity to improve the quality of life for all."  Additionally, it states that CFC is the world's largest and most successful annual workplace charity campaign.

"CFC is not only good at the federal level it helps locally and it could end up helping one of our members right here at the wing," said Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Hutson, 944th Fighter Wing command Chief.

With over 22,000 charities the program works as an effective consolidation of solicitation efforts into a single campaign providing participants with literally thousands of options.  The charities supported through the CFC range from evolving community groups to large, well-known charities. While the printed version of the CFC charity brochure contains only those unique charities approved specifically for the local campaign, donors can search online for charities at
https://apps3.opm.gov/CFC/CharitySearch/Main.jsp. Additional information is also available at www.cfctoday.org.

"Our goal [at the 944th Fighter Wing] is 100 percent contact; representatives from the wing will be contacting you during the UTA about CFC. Please consider donating to your favorite charity to help those in need," said Colonel Kurt Gallegos, 944th Fighter Wing commander.