2011 AFAF campaign - Commitment to caring Published Feb. 2, 2011 VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The Vance AFB 2011 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign will kick-off Feb. 7 and run through March 18. The primary objective for this year's campaign is 100 percent contact with eligible contributors and to raise the 71st Flying Training Wing goal of $33,000. The annual AFAF campaign is used to raise funds for four great charities; the Air Force Enlisted Village, the Air Force Village, the LeMay Foundation, and the mostly widely recognized, the Air Force Aid Society. All of these charities focus on taking care of the Air Force family. The Air Force Aid Society, for the past 67 years, has provided world-wide emergency assistance to Airmen and their families. The money raised for AFAS is used to provide Airmen and their families emergency assistance loans, education grants, and sponsors educational and proactive community programs. In 2010, the Vance family raised more than $37,800 during the AFAF campaign, and Vance Airmen received more than $36,000 in Aid Society assistance in the same year. That's almost a dollar-for-dollar return. The Air Force Enlisted Village's mission is to provide a home to surviving spouses of retired enlisted Air Force members. The Enlisted Village has been home to more than 1,500 surviving spouses since 1975 and currently provides safe and comfortable housing for 450. Temporary housing is also available to spouses of enlisted members who die or have been killed on active duty. The Air Force Village is a retirement community dedicated to the care of retired Air Force officers' widows who require financial assistance. They provide a safe, secure and comfortable living environment where widows are surrounded by the friends made during military service. Since 1970, the Air Force Village has contributed over $12 million in confidential support to indigent widows, providing for their dignity, peace of mind, an honorable lifestyle and long-term health care. The LeMay Foundation was founded by Air Force Gen. and Mrs. Curtis LeMay. The foundation helps widows of all Air Force retirees, both officer and enlisted, through financial grants. They provide assistance for as long as needed or for specific one-time needs with single disbursements. In 2008, they gave over $445,000 in assistance that benefited 64 women with monthly grants to augment incomes below the poverty line and one-time grants to an additional 23 widows. For many of the student pilots and young enlisted Airmen at Vance, this is their first exposure to the AFAF. The AFAF is an extraordinary way for Airmen to directly help other Airmen. For those of you who have been help by the AFAF, please get out and share your stories with your fellow Airmen. Organizing this year's AFAF campaign at Vance are Capts. Todd Gibbs and Matt Zenishek. For more information on the campaign and how to donate to AFAF, contact Captain Gibbs, 213-7372, Captain Zenishek, 213-6713, or any of the key workers listed below. AFAF key workers 71st Operations Group Master Sgt. Scott Swain - 213-7323 Airman 1st Class Ricky Rivers - 213-5334 Airman 1st Class Maria Aquilar-Schumann - 213-7967 3rd Fighter Training Squadron Senior Airman Amber Tuey - 213-5334 5th Flying Training Squadron Maj. Vernon Duncan - 213-6652 8th Flying Training Squadron 1st Lt. John Little - 213-6340 1st Lt. Andrew Bergman - 213-6340 25th Flying Training Squadron Capt. Geoffrey Woolf - 213-7982 1st Lt. Alex Prevender - 213-7270 32nd Flying Training Squadron 1st Lt. Alex Pannone - 213-6562 2nd Lt. Russell Reynolds - 213-6562 2nd Lt. Stephanie Roose - 213-5583 33rd Flying Training Squadron 1st Lt. David Mauer - 213-6705 71st Operations Support Squadron Capt. Daniel Moss - 213-7581 Senior Airman Brandon Gallemore - 213-6668 Senior Airman Joshua Cruazan - 213-6668 Senior Airman Lambert - 213-6668 Airman 1st Class Jerad Robinson - 213-6668 71st Mission Support Group Master Sgt. Carinae Samsel - 213-7699 Tech. Sgt. Joseph Henson - 213-7240 71st Security Forces Squadron Tech. Sgt. Bradley Hancock - 213-7147 Staff Sgt. Dennis Sierens - 213-6691 71st Force Support Squadron Tech. Sgt Bobbie White - 213-1111 Angel Dominguez - 213-7873 71st Logistics Readiness Squadron Staff Sgt. Matthew Marquardt - 213-7435 71st Communications Squadron Tech. Sgt. Briana Edson - 213-7501 Airman 1st Class Yenia Ortega-Flores - 213-7171 71st Medical Group Tech. Sgt. Lorylee Willis - 213-7919 Tech. Sgt. Michael Barton - 213-7783 Wing Staff Agencies 1st Lt. Katherine Roling - 213-7477 Staff Sgt. Darick Alexander - 213-7211