Chief Aman enjoys pie in the face

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Chief Master Sgt. Mark Aman, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant, enjoys the results of the “Pie in the Eye” fundraiser March 26 at the Vance Collocated Club. Aman was smeared by a special pie that was auctioned off at the last minute by the event organizers. Other pies were purchased with votes. The fundraiser brought in $817.75 for the 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James Bolinger)

Col Abatti gets pie in face

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Lt. Col. David Woodley, the 71st Operations Support Squadron commander, smears his boss, Col. James Abatti, the 71st Operations Group commander, during a “Pie in the Eye” fundraiser March 26 at the Vance Collocated Club. The fundraiser brought in $817.75 for the 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign. The pies were purchased with votes and Abatti took first place with 1,727. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James Bolinger)

Capt Swansiger gets pie in face

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Airman 1st Class Shalimar Figueroa and 2nd Lt. Kathrine Thompson pie Capt. Ashley Swansiger March 26 at the Vance Collocated Club. The “Pie in the Eye” fundraiser brought in $817.75 for the 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign. The pies were purchased with votes and Swansiger took third place with 280. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James Bolinger)

Team Vance members take pies in the face for AFAF

Published April 2, 2014
By 71st Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Four Team Vance members took pies in the face to help raise $817.75 for the 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Vance Air Force Base.

Capt. Ashley Swansiger, the Vance AFAF campaign organizer, received 280 votes at 25 cents each, and took the first pie in the face following the Wing Recognition Ceremony March 26 in the Vance Collocated Club.

The second in line for a pie was Capt. Kevin Stone from the 71st Student Squadron. He received 556 votes.

Col. James Abatti, the 71st Operations Group commander, with 1,727 votes, was third in line for a pie.

A surprise pie was auctioned off on the spot, and brought $100 and a pie in the face for Chief Master Sgt. Mark Aman, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief master sergeant.

Proceeds from the pies took the total collected so far for Vance's 2014 AFAF campaign to $32,008, well past the $28,071 goal.

"People should remember this campaign is not about reaching a goal," said Swansiger. "This campaign is about helping the veterans that came before us and helping each other.

"The last day of the campaign is April 11," she said. "People can still donate until then."

Funds raised during the AFAF campaign go to the Air Force Aid Society, the Air Force Villages, the Air Force Enlisted Village and the Gen. and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation.