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EMCBC Gives to the Combined Federal Campaign, Needy Families and Deployed Service Members
December 2008


Employees of the EMCBC raised $47,510 for the 2008 Cincinnati Metro Area Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) with payroll deductions and cash donations of $44, 350 and employee participation special fund-raising events contributing an additional $3,510.

The $47, 510 represents 138 percent of the $35,000 goal established by the Cincinnati Metro Area CFC. EMCBC remains among the top contributors among the 126 agencies and departments within the Cincinnati Metro Area. Additionally, EMCBC employees have contributed the following annual donation totals since the EMCBC was established: $19,326 in 2005, $22,699 in 2006, and $40,595 in 2007.

Holiday Giving"I am very proud of our EMCBC employees and thank them for their generosity to the CFC and our Cincinnati Metro Area charities. Special thanks go to the staff who volunteered time to make all the events possible. We had a lot of fun with our special fund-raising events and we all have the satisfaction of knowing that our donations will benefit good causes," said Jack Craig, EMCBC Director.

With the 2008 Cincinnati Metro Area CFC campaign extended from November to December, EMCBC employees kept on giving by adopting seven local families through the Society of St. Vincent DePaul in Cincinnati, a charity and approved CFC recipient program.

The EMCBC Office of Civil Rights and Diversity coordinated efforts among the EMCBC sections and the St. Vincent DePaul Society to provide a meaningful and lasting holiday for local families in need that included house ware items, toys and clothes for all members of the seven families.

Additionally, EMCBC employees sent holiday greetings, snacks and personal items to support deployed military members with 48 boxes weighing more than 442 lbs. shipped overseas.

 EMCBC Adopt-A-Soldier Holiday Greetings by office included:

Director's Office: Marines of VMAQ-2 EA-6 Prowler, Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron) deployed to Iraq.
Contracting: [including Springdale SEB]: Airmen of the 755th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, deployed to Afghanistan and Airmen of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron/Raptor, deployed to Kuwait.
Office of Human Resources: Marines of 3rd Battalion, Eight Marine Regiment, deployed to Afghanistan.
Logistics: Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, deployed to Iraq.
Legal: Airmen of an Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, deployed to Iraq and Army Reservists from 1st Battalion of the 145th Regiment, deployed to Egypt.
Finance provided holiday packages to:
  • A sailor with Afghanistan Regional Security Integration Command-South.
  • A soldier with Task Force Carrahee, deployed to Afghanistan.
  • A soldier with 6/4 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division, deployed to Afghanistan.
  • A soldier with the 4th Battlefield Coordination Detachment, deployed to Qatar.
  • A soldier with the 553rd Combat Service Support Brigade, deployed to Iraq.
  • A soldier with the 509th Forward Support Company, 303 Military Intelligence Battalion, deployed to Iraq.
  • A soldier with the 271th Brigade Support Battalion, deployed to Kuwait.Penny War
The EMCBC special fund-raising events provided fun and inter-office competition with several new events highlighting the 2008 CFC campaign. The Penny War featured each organization collecting pennies in containers, however all non-penny donations had to be replaced with actual pennies. The war begins when employees, usually form a competing office, drop a few dollars into another office's penny jar. For example, a $5 bill means the receiving office would have to produce another 500 pennies. Finance won the Penny War and enjoyed a pizza lunch on Jack Craig, with the CFC campaign gaining $839.65 to the EMCBC total.

Other contest winners of note were:
  • Cornhole Contest (bag of corn throwing to elevated boards with a hole, with a horse shoes-like scoring system): Jack Craig and Tom Aug won; with Ralph Holland and Michael Mills in second place.
  • Chili Cook-Off: Wayne Pasko was judged the winner, with Tom Aug, second, and 2007 champion Terry Brennan third.
  • Cake Walk (Baking Contest): Erin Clark entry "Unicorn Delight" won; Kimberly Dellinger was second for "Autumn Spice;" and Karyn Pieroway, third for "Princess."
  • Penny War: Finance
  • Parking Raffle: Jackie Schoultheis
Other fund raising special events included: Pop the Balloon (for prize) Logistics Luncheon; Human Resources Breakfast; Scavenger Hunt; Spirit Wear; Texas Hot Luncheon; What's In the Box; and CFC Cookbook sale.

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