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Stennis' Relief Society Fund Drive Doubles FY08 Total
Story Number: NNS090413-07
Release Date: 4/13/2009 1:55:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliott Fabrizio
USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea (NNS) -- USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) raised more than $95,000 for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) - more than double its contributions last year.
Commands throughout the Navy and Marine Corps collect donations for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society during the month of March.
The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society primarily uses its funds to help service members by providing them with interest-free loans or grants in times of need, said Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Ian Wakefield, assistant NMCRS coordinator.
Stennis' Sailors drew $180,277 from the NMCRS last year with a total of 378 individual cases. Since the start of this deployment, NMCRS has helped 12 crew members finance a trip home on emergency leave.
"Sometimes when a Sailor gets a Red Cross message, they may have just left a port and can be low on funds," said Chief Religious Program Specialist (SW) David Walsworth, Stennis' NMCRS coordinator. "The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society helps Sailors with their financial needs during unexpected emergencies."
Each department aboard Stennis has collateral-duty representatives to collect funds and spread awareness about how NMCRS uses donated funds.
"The money you give is money that will go to help your fellow Sailors, aboard the ship and throughout the Navy, in their times of need," said Walsworth.
The money Stennis crew members donated to the NMCRS will be made available throughout the Navy and Marine Corps to help Sailors and Marines during financial hardships.
For more news from USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), visit www.navy.mil/local/cvn74/.
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