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SUBJ/2017 ACTIVE DUTY FUND DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF 
SOCIETY//

REF/A/DOC/SECNAVINST 5340.7/8FEB1999//AMPN/REF A IS SECNAVINST 5340.7 ACTIVE 
DUTY FUND DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY//

RMKS/1.  For 113 Years, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) has 
provided financial assistance to Sailors, Marines, their families, widows, 
and orphans in need.  Their programs and services also include educational 
assistance, budget counseling, thrift shops, and visiting nurses to help 
address the unique challenges of military life and service.  Society offices 
are located on every major Navy and Marine Corps installation around the 
globe, and on many of our ships.  The society’s 4,000 volunteers and 219 paid 
employees were there in 2016 for nearly 60,000 Sailors, Marines, Retirees, 
and Sea-service families and provided more than $45 million in interest-free 
loans and grants.

2.  On March 1, 2017, the active duty fund drive will commence in support of 
the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.  I ask for your backing to ensure 
another successful fund drive.  Your generosity will permit the society to 
continue operating as the lifeline of support our people need and deserve.  
The Department of the Navy supports the recommended goal of $12.5 million.  
While I do expect 100 percent meaningful contact with all our Sailors and 
Marines, I do not expect any additional fundraising goals to be established.  
From the top down, I therefore direct that every Sailor and Marine be given 
the opportunity to learn about the programs and services offered by NMCRS, 
and to have the opportunity to support that work through allotments and other 
donation methods.  This is an all hands effort.  I am confident that, with 
the enthusiastic support, and leadership participation at every level, our 
goal is achievable.  In support of the fund drive, commanders are authorized 
the use of appropriated funds for traditional kickoff rallies, and 
recognition events at the conclusion of the fund drive.  Such expenditures 
must be consistent with limitations on the use of appropriated funds.

3.  Released by the Honorable Sean J. Stackley, Acting Secretary of the 
Navy.//

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