Newsletter Articles - Combined Federal Campaign

New for CFC this year — online pledging for Chicago postal
employees! Just go to www.chicagocfc.net and click the
“Pledge Online” button. Of course, keyworkers will still be
coming around with agency booklets and paper pledge forms.
October 17, 2011
“I don’t think you ever stop giving. I
really don’t. I think it’s an on-going
process. And it’s not just about being
able to write a check. It’s being able to
touch somebody’s life.”
— Oprah Winfrey
Executive POOM Donald Nichols smiles as
the district dedicates the 34th Black Heritage
stamp, former Congresswoman Barbara
Jordan, at the annual Chicago Read-In
October 8 at the DuSable Museum of
African-American History.
Turn your pledge in before Thanksgiving, and you’ll be eligible
to win one of these great prizes in the CFC Early Bird Drawing.
Winners will be pulled December 5.
CFC Celebrates 50 Years of
Giving & Caring
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Last year, federal employees raised
more than $281.5 million, with the Chicago
District contributing $407,708.
With unemployment
at 9%, foreclosures
up 7% since February,
and homelessness on
a steady rise, the CFC
objective of “connecting
those who give with
those who need” is
especially urgent. “As
the economy worsens,
the need for givers
increases,” said CFC director Eriabee
Chiles. “The challenge is to have those with
means to think of those without. Postal
Service employees have always stepped
up to the plate and considered those less
fortunate than they are, I don’t expect they’ll
be any different this year.”
2011 Chicago
District campaign
executives Yvette
Blanks and Roz
Solomon will be busy
working with local
coordinators to collect
pledges through the end
of December. Be sure
to get your donations
in early — there is an early-bird incentive for
pledges received before Thanksgiving. You
could win an iPad 2, a pair of Blackhawks
tickets or a 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect in
plenty of time for the holidays!
he season of charitable giving,
known to Postal Service and federal
employees as the Combined Federal
Campaign (CFC), is officially underway. This
year, CFC celebrates its
50th year anniversary,
hence the theme “50
Years of Caring.” CFC
is the largest, most
successful and only
authorized solicitation
of Federal employees in
the workplace.
Giving to your
favorite charity or
organization through
CFC is easier than ever
this year. In addition to
making your donation
using a paper pledge
card, you can also give
securely online through
Chicago CFC Nexus at
www.chicagocfc.net.
Service Performance Scores Week 1 (October 1 – October 7)
After last Friday’s All-City Meeting at
Cardiss Collins, station managers made
arrangements to have postcards delivered
to their units. The postcards explain correct
addressing, and will be sent to each of the
district’s 1,255,937 delivery points.
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