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Troops deployed with U.S. Central Command — which includes operations in Iraq and Afghanistan — stepped up their giving to the Combined Federal Campaign in 2008, according to a campaign official.
While overall donations to the CFC increased by 1 percent in the 2008 campaign, troops connected to CentCom donated 4 percent more — $5.6 million, up from $5.4 million in 2007, said Lou Torchia, voluntary campaign management office director for the Defense Department.
Donations from deployed troops have steadily increased since the 2004 CFC campaign, when the total was $3.1 million.
The participation rate in 2008 for deployed troops was 23 percent, compared to the overall 29 percent participation rate in the Overseas CFC.
"So 23 out of 100 still manage to dig into their pockets when bullets are flying over their heads," Torchia said.
That lower participation rate "is a reflection not so much of their desire to give, but of the challenges associated with getting campaign materials to troops in the field," he said.
And this year, a pilot program conducted overseas that allows online giving will become permanent for deployed troops and all overseas military and civilian personnel.
This year’s Overseas CFC campaign period begins Oct. 5 and continues through Dec. 4.
The average donation in 2008 from deployed troops was $133, an increase of $11 over 2007’s average gift of $122.
Deployed troops are part of the Overseas CFC, which includes military personnel and Defense Department civilians, who gave $15.8 million in the 2008 campaign, a slight increase of about $56,000 from 2007.
Officials do not track exact numbers of giving to the CFC in the overall military community, but Torchia estimates that service members and defense civilians pledged about $100 million in 2008. That’s more than a third of the $276 million pledged overall in 2008 to CFC.
Torchia said the Overseas Combined Federal Campaign’s pilot online e-giving program has been so successful over the past several years that it received the "Innovators Award" in June from the federal Office of Personnel Management.
Local CFC campaigns generally do not allow e-giving. This year the National Capital Area CFC also will start a pilot program for e-giving, Torchia said, and Overseas CFC officials have also shared information about the technology with some other local campaigns.
These charities do not represent the official and complete list of CFC participating charities.
