DoD Kicks Off Combined Federal Campaign

Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England kicked off the 2005 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) in Washington Sept. 28 by thanking Defense Department employees for their generosity in supporting hurricane relief efforts and encouraging them to continue the same level of support for other important causes. England acknowledged that this year’s CFC goal of $12.8 million might be challenging in light of the more than $1 billion that department employees and other U.S. citizens have donated to hurricane-related charities. This year’s CFC campaign includes several hurricane-related causes, along with hundreds of others whose needs “did not go away because [Hurricane] Katrina happened,” England said. He encouraged department members to continue their long history of generous support to the CFC campaign and to support this year’s theme, “Be An Everyday Hero.”