The event will include more than 70 charitable organization booths with information, subject matter experts, giveaways and mementoes, all on the concourse level. A no-charge, picnic-style lunch of grilled beef, vegetarian and vegan hamburgers; chips; cookie; and bottled water is being provided by the Miami Valley and Tecumseh councils of the Boy Scouts of America; food will be available until gone. Parking and entry to the event are free.
The Charity Fair has been approved by Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, as an alternate-duty location, pending first-line supervisors’ approval.
Using the national CFC theme of “Show Some Love,” the campaign will seek to contact 100 percent of base personnel’s eligible donors, said Susy Himelhoch, CFC Dayton District director.
Joe Nalepka, director of Management Operations, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, is serving as the campaign’s chair. Jacque Fisher, deputy director of the Sensors Division, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaisance Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, is this year’s vice-chair.
Other CFC leadership includes loaned executives Victoria Russell, a contract specialist in the Mobility Directorate, AFLCMC; and Jeff Leonard, a systems safety engineer, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL. They will lend their time and talents to the campaign until Nov. 22.
Donations in any amount are greeted by the charities with gratitude, Himelhoch said, because the needs are so vast and recent disasters and other events mean the charitable organizations need to replenish their supplies.
Donors may give to any CFC-approved charity, no matter where it or the donor’s duty assignment is located. The www.ohiocfc.org website can accept pledges already and through Jan. 12, 2020. Payroll deductions will be made from February 2010 through early 2021.
E-pledges made at www.ohiocfc.org and credit and debit pledges are being emphasized. Pledges may be fulfilled through payroll deduction, money orders and personal and bank checks. Paper pledge forms can be used and are available for download from the website.
Himelhoch said she hopes commanders and directors promote awareness of the campaign during their calls and staff meetings. She and the CFC leadership team are available to enhance those meetings and bring along charity representatives.
For more information on the CFC campaign, call 937-257-0292.
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