Academy's AF Assistance Fund campaign kicks off

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  • By Staff Sgt. Don Branum
  • U.S. AIr Force Academy Public Affairs
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --  The Air Force Academy will compete with other Air Force bases to raise money for the 37th-annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which kicked off at the Academy Monday.

The competition is the first of its kind, matching Air Force bases with similar past performances in previous AFAF campaigns, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

The Academy is part of Group 1, which will end its AFAF campaign March 19. Group 2 bases will hold their campaigns from March 8 to April 16, followed by Group 3 bases, which will raise money from March 29 to May 7. A fourth group comprises bases that have opted out of competition due to timing conflicts and operations tempo.

AFAF funds help members of the Air Force family through natural disasters, deployments, accidents and other hard times, said Bill D'Avanzo, chief of Air Force fundraising. Contributions to the fund are tax-deductible.

For information on the AFAF charities, visit www.afassistancefund.org.