Air Force Assistance Fund campaign underway

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  • By 1st Lt. Marnee A.C. Losurdo
  • 512th Airlift Wing
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  The 2006 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign for the 512th Airlift Wing is underway until May 5. 

The emphasis of the campaign is a “Commitment to Caring.” 

Organizations benefiting from the campaign include the Air Force Aid Society, the Air Force Enlisted Village Indigent Widow’s Fund, the Air Force Village Indigent Widow’s Fund, and Gen. and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation.
 
Air Force Chief of Staff, General T. Michael Moseley announced a $5.4 million goal for this year’s fund drive. 

The 512th AW goal is 100 percent contact with all unit members, said Chief Master Sgt. Donna Lehmann, 512th Operations Group, who is this year’s AFAF project officer along with Master Sgt. Cornell Jolley, 512th Civil Engineer Squadron. 

The charities receive 100 percent of designated contributions and benefit active-duty, Reserve, Guard, retired servicemembers, surviving spouses and families, said Chief Lehmann. 

“We need look no further than the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita to understand how this program has provided for the Air Force Community in the previous year,” said the chief. 

Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne and General Moseley addressed this recently in a joint memo for the Air Force Assistance Fund. 

“Last year, hurricanes Katrina and Rita vividly demonstrated the need for rapid and reliable emergency assistance,” they wrote. 

The four AFAF charities provided immediate financial and housing assistance to active duty, Reserve, Air National Guard and retired Air Force members, which was in addition to their normal ongoing assistance with the hardships of deployments, accidents, illness, aging and death, according to their memo. 

“The Air Force Assistance Fund is a way for the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to assist its people in time of need,” said Chief Lehmann. “Let’s show the entire Air Force community how compassionate and caring the 512th Airlift Wing is in sharing our good fortune with those less fortunate.” 

Contributions to the AFAF are tax deductible. For information, visit www.afassistancefund.org, or call Chief Lehmann at (302) 677-3806, or Sergeant Jolley at (302) 677-6229. (AFPC News Service contributed to this story)