UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 112122Z FEB 20 MID510000924837U FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS ALNAV 018/20 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/FEB// SUBJ/2020 ACTIVE DUTY FUND DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY// REF/A/DOC/SECNAVINST 5340.7A/01MAY2018// AMPN/REF A IS SECNAVINST 5340.7A, FUNDRAISING AND SOLICITATION IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY// RMKS/1. Since 1904, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) has provided need-based financial assistance to active duty and retired Sailors, Marines, their families, surviving spouses, and orphans. With 51 offices on every major Navy and Marine Corps installation around the globe, NMCRS provided financial assistance for more than 47,000 Sailors, Marines, Retirees, and Sea Service families with nearly $43 million in interest-free loans and grants in 2019. 2. On 1 March 2020, the Department of the Navy will kick off its annual Active Duty Fund Drive in support of the NMCRS. The goal for the 2020 Active Duty Fund Drive is $12.5 million. The most important objective is to ensure every Sailor and Marine is made aware of the diverse programs and services available to them from the NMCRS by ensuring 100 percent meaningful contact. 3. This campaign is our opportunity to inform Sea Service Members about the NMCRS to ensure it continues to meet its mission of financial and educational support for Navy and Marine Corps Service Members and their families. The annual Active Duty Fund Drive is an all hands effort and I depend on leaders at every level of command to ensure a most successful campaign. 4. Consistent with rules for the use of appropriated funds, commanders may authorize the use of appropriated funds for traditional kickoff events, recognition ceremonies, and other non-solicitation events to support the Active Duty Fund Drive. 5. Released by the Honorable Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//