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Air Force Assistance Fund begins March 23

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  • By Senior Airman Jake Eckhardt
  • 375th Air Mobility Wing
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --  The 2015 Air Force Assistance Fund, or AFAF, campaign will begin March 23, allowing Team Scott Airmen to contribute to multiple charities that will directly impact other Airmen and military families.

The campaign, which runs through May 1, allows Airmen to support the Air Force Aid Society, Air Force Village Foundation, the General and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation and the Air Force Enlisted Village.

The Air Force Aid Society, or AFAS, component offers emergency assistance and promotes community enhancement programs.

The charity goes beyond just helping Airmen with emergency financial assistance, providing more than $18 million to over 70,000 Air Force member and their families last year to various community enhancement programs.

In addition to the AFAS, Airmen can donate to the Air Force Village and the Air Force Enlisted Village. Both retirement communities provide surviving military spouses a safe and affordable place to live.

The General and Mrs. Curtis LeMay Foundation provides grants to widows of Air Force retirees, both officer and enlisted, for as long as they need it.

The installation's goal is to raise $103,240 for AFAF. Donation opportunities will be available at the exchange and commissary and in individual units.
Scott AFB raised more than $118,000 in 2014.

For more information about AFAF, contact 2nd Lt. Raun Merritt, Installation Project Officer, at 256-9031 or 2nd Lt. Anthony Gray, Assistant Installation Project Officer at 256-9279.

Air Force Assistance Fund foundations

Air Force Village
Who they help: Retired and honorably separated military officers from all branches of military service, their spouses, widows, widowers and eligible dependents
How they help: Provides affordable retirement community in San Antonio, Texas with onsite healthcare and assisted living available.
Requesting assistance: www.airforcevillages.com
More information: www.airforcevillages.com 1-800- 724-5771

Air Force Enlisted Village
Who they help: Enlisted Airmen and their widows
How they help: Provides affordable retirement community in Shalimar, Fla.
Requesting Assistance: www.afenlistedwidows.org/admissions.php
More information: www.afenlistedwidows.org/index.php or 1-800-258-1413

The General and Mrs. Curtis LeMay Foundation
Who they help: Enlisted and officer widows of retired Airmen
How they help: Assistance grants through single disbursement and long term grants for extended periods.
Requesting assistance: www.lemay-foundation.org/assistance.html


The Air Force Aid Society
Who they help: Active duty Airmen and their family members, retired Airmen and eligible family members, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve on active duty orders and spouses and children of deceased Airmen who died on active duty.
How they help: Provide worldwide emergency assistance, sponsor education assistance programs and offer an array of base community enhancement programs that improve quality of life.
Requesting Assistance: www.afas.org