CFC TRAINING

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CFC TRAINING
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What is CFC?

• Created by Presidential Order in 1961
• Once-a-year, in the workplace, efficient, and
  meaningful appeal
• Covers all Federal employees and military pers
• Designed to be convenient and prevent multiple
  appeals from charities

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Who does CFC help?

• Family, friends, shipmates, and the community at
  large
• San Diego Fires
• Medical Research
• Children
• Hunger

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CFC is Local

• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sets policy
• Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC)
  governs the campaign
• Only Federal employees and military pers can ask
  each other to give

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Local Federal Coordinating Committee Co
Chairs CNRSW CG MCI WEST
Principal Combined Fund Organization United Way
of San Diego CFC STAFF
NAVY GROUPS
MARINE GROUPS
FEDERAL GROUP
USPS GROUP
I MEF
FEDERAL
USPS
CNSF
MCB CAMPEN
CNAF
1st Mar Div
CSS 11
1st MLG
NMCSD
3MAW
SHORE
MIRAMAR
MCRD
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Know Your Organization

• How many people?
• Where are they located?
• Whats the schedule like for Sep thru Dec?
• How did we do last year?
• Think about how you are going to do this and make
  it fit your organization

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Make a Plan

• Get plan approved by CO/XO or senior executive
• Start?
• Goal?
• Who will help?
• Kick off? Will it include charitable agency
  speaker?
• Complete by?

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Make a Plan

• Get plan approved by CO/XO or senior executive
• Start?
• Goal?
• Who will help?
• Kick off? Will it include charitable agency
  speaker?
• Complete by?

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Get Help Use Key Workers

• Recommend 1 Key Worker for every 25-30 pers in
  your activity
• Could organize by departmental/division or office
  what ever is most effective for you
• Contacting every individual takes effort doing
  it alone will demotivate you
• Key Workers need training to be effective

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Ask Senior Leaders to Help

• Includes Officers, Chiefs, SNCOs, managers
• and other pers in leadership positions
• Senior leaders dont solicit they support by
  opening doors and encouraging consideration as
  well as leading by example
• Campaign time is short sometimes you have to
  ask a boss to help dont hesitate

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Create Buzz

• People have to know a campaign is on
• Use all your available resources
• Email announcements
• Plan of the Day announcements
• Special events (BBQs, bake sales, etc.)
• Posters banners (available from CFC)
• Kick off

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Hold a Kick Off

• Stand alone event for CFC is ideal but it also.
• Works as part of All Hands, Safety Stand Downs,
  GMTs, Awards Ceremonies, Office Stand Ups, etc
• Keep Short about 15 minutes max
• Include Introduction (why are we here?)
  Leadership comments, a charitable agency speaker
  (contacts available at CFC site online), your
  guidance (what do you want them to do?)

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Contact Everyone Personally

• The biggest challenge of the campaign
• Individual emails, mail or inbox is not contact
• 1 reason people dont give no one asked
• Keep it simple and use a kick off as a start
  point
• Ask everyone the way you would like to be asked

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Provide Info Answer ???

• Essential part of the individual contact
• Many potential donors may be new to CFC
• Expect basic questions if you get stuck
  Campaign Action Officer (CAO) and CFC are always
  available to help

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Follow Up

• Dont forget people or leave them hanging
• Some will need to think about it or discuss with
  spouse
• Make sure everyone knows what you want them to do
  with their pledges

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Thank Everyone

• You are the face of CFC for this campaign
• No one has to give they do it because they
  want to
• Everyone deserves to be thanked for any
  contribution made

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Tools of the Campaign

• Charity List
• Distributed at approximate rate of 7 for every 10
  people (not everyone needs to get one share)
• Available online
• Pledge Card
• Three parts Blue payroll White CFC audit
  copy Pink Donor copy/receipt
• Enough for 1 for every person
• Pledges can be made online

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SSC PAC
Military
Optional
Required
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Civilian
SSC PAC
Optional
Required
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STEP 2
Separate the blue payroll copy and deliver to
payroll office
Payroll deduction stack
Remove blue payroll copy and destroy
Check or cash stack
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STEP 3
Take remaining white copies, clip together and
place in donation envelope
Payroll deduction stack
Take remaining white copies, clip together and
place in donation envelope
Check or cash stack
CFC Donation Envelope
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CFC Donation Envelope
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STEP 4
No more than 100 pledge cards
Write in totals on front of envelope
Seal and initial back flap
Turn in as directed by your CFC Action Officer or
to the CFC Office
CFC Donation Envelope
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Tools of the Campaign

• Key Worker Tally Envelope
• Can be used to keep track of potential contacts
  and donations
• Can be used to turn pledges into coordinator
• Information is private when envelope filled out

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Tools of the Campaign

• Internet
• www.cfc-sandiego.org
• Information available including electronic copies
  of Charity List
• Online donation section is secure, easy to
  search, and provides a printed pledge for
  signature and turn-in to coordinator
• Printed signed internet pledges are the same as
  blue payroll pledge cards

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Tools of the Campaign

• Internet
• Once printed the donors SSN is erased from the
  data base and cannot be recovered
• CFC does not need or use your SSN only your
  payroll office requires it
• Signatures werent required last year but DFAS
  has changed the rules for this year
• Eventually online pledging will not require
  volunteer handling and will go directly to
  payroll office but not this year!

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Tools of the Campaign

• iCan posters
• Thermometer posters (small)
• Large thermometers (CAO or very large activities
  only)
• Banners limited number of CFC banners for
  events

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RECOGNITION

• Provided to say thank you for giving

Carabineer Light 150 - 299
Coin 300 - 599
Eagle 600 - 1199
Golden Eagle 1200
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AWARDS

• Recognizes achievement at activity level
• MERIT Goal
• BRONZE Merit 50 part or 50 percap
• SILVER Merit 60 part or 65 percap
• GOLD Merit 70 part or 80 percap
• EAGLE Merit 80 part or 100 percap

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Why Should I or Anyone Give?

• Find a need and fill it.
• It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing
  because you can only do a little - do what you
  can.
• Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It
  does.