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Submissions Wanted: Summer issue of The Oakleaf

Supply Family, The Oakleaf wants to hear from you! Officer and spouses, active, retired, reserve, former, share your well-worn sea stories with our junior officers. Let's show our support to recent BQC graduates, OCS candidates, new spouses, young families and those considering transitioning! What lessons can you share? Advice can you give? Share your thoughts in 300 words or less (plus 2 images) by June 15th to contribute to the Summer issue of The Oakleaf. Email theoakleaf@usnscf.com with submissions!

MAY IS MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH

We are grateful for our servicemen and women, in and out of uniform, every day...but during the month of May, we pay special attention to the selfless soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who help keep freedom free. Learn more about Military Appreciation Month and the many discounts available to you in May! Visit https://www.military.com/military-appreciation-month for more information.

NOW AVAILABLE: 226th Birthday Ball Video

The Navy Supply Corps Foundation is committed to offering programs and services in support of our Supply Community. The Foundation's recent virtual event, the Navy Supply Corps 226th Birthday Ball on April 24th, brought together members from our 38 Chapters all over the world. A video recording of the event is available here and includes the full formal program, highlighted by Guest Speaker Brody Young, as well as a special message from RADM Peter Stamatopoulos, Commander, NAVSUP and 49th Chief of Supply Corps.

Stay tuned to the Foundation's website and Facebook page as more virtual events are planned for 2021. Additionally, as we work through the residual challenges of the pandemic, our Chapters aim to re-establish engagement opportunities at the local level during the second half of the year.

The Foundation continues to take care of our own--unifying our Supply Corps Community and preserving its heritage and traditions. Your regular contributions support the Foundation's mission, and your bequests strengthen our Supply Corps Community well into the future!

HERITAGE COMMITTEE: Sea Stories WANTED!

Help ensure the Navy Supply Corps Community captures and appreciates the rich history of our Supply Corps. Tell your Sea Story to RADM McKinnon at themckinnons@aol.com or theoakleaf@usnscf.com.

Looking for a lost shipmate?

1. Update your NSCF contact information by logging in to the Foundation website at usnscf.com . Keeping your email, phone and address current ensures your shipmates can find YOU!

2. Connect on the Navy Supply Corps Foundation's Facebook and LinkedIn sites. Write a post and share a picture--now is a terrific time to reconnect on social media!

3. Try these links to finding a shipmate: Navy Log (Navy Memorial Site) and the Navy Locator .

Don't forget...share your reunion with our Supply Community! Submit stories to theoakleaf@usnscf.com.

Our Mission

The Navy Supply Corps Foundation provides programs and services to support the Navy Supply Corps Community and promote its heritage and traditions.

Support Our Mission

Our members and their families are at the heart of our mission. The Navy Supply Corps Foundation’s Mission is to provide programs and services to support the Navy Supply Corps Community and promote its heritage and traditions. We strive to bring more value to our members’ lives every day and we THANK YOU for your support, enabling us to serve our Supply Community each and every day—keeping our culture and heritage alive through generations!

Our Foundation leaders and members are anyone who has ever worn the Oakleaf of the United States Navy Supply Corps Officer—veterans, active duty, reserve. We provide global programs and services to support the Navy Supply Corps Community and promote its heritage and traditions. Our small Foundation staff works with our all-Volunteer Board of Directors and 37 Chapters around the globe to support and celebrate our Supply Community. Our Regional Chapters are the face of the Foundation, promoting camaraderie, professional and social networking, and supporting members in need—for more than 50 years!

Ways YOU can be an active and supportive member of the Supply Community:

   ♦    Donate using your PayPal account through the PayPal Giving Fund, all fees are paid for by PayPal!

   ♦ Donate now using a credit card.

   ♦    Shop AmazonSmile and designate The Navy Supply Corps Foundation, Inc. as your charity.

   ♦    Join the CFC 2020 Giving Campaign! Pledge your donation to The Navy Supply Corps Foundation, Inc. CFC #10281#.
Official Solicitation Period is September 21, 2020 - January 15, 2021

♦    Honor Tench Francis as the founding officer of the Navy Supply Corps through the Tench Francis Legacy Society –recognizing members who have included the Foundation in their estate planning. Gift planning can include a bequest in your will or by participating in a gift annuity or other life-income tool. To become a member, or if you have already taken steps to provide this type of support, please email our Executive Director, CAPT (ret) Daniel Pionk or call 706-354-4111.

   ♦    Volunteer with any of our Committees.

   ♦    Support Chapter events and programs.

   ♦    Encourage members to register on the Foundation website.

Learn more about your contribution options through the Foundation’s Donor eNewsletter delivered right to your inbox. Many of our friends find this very interesting and helpful. It features news from Washington, Savvy Living, gift stories, finance news and timely articles.

More News

Flash From the Chief
COVID-19
In Memory: Friends of the Supply Corps
VIDEO: A Day in the Life of a Navy Supply Corps Officer: USS Bataan
NAVSUP 2021 Commander's Guidance
NSCF 2020 Annual Report
The full story of Doris "Dorie" Miller, as told by RADM (ret) Dan McKinnon, 36th Chief of Supply Corps

On the Web

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The Navy Supply Corps Foundation has partnered with Amazon to establish a way for you to shop online and help support our mission.

AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the Navy Supply Corps Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting the Supply Community.

Visit smile.amazon.com and on your first visit select Navy Supply Corps Foundation, Inc. as your charitable organization before you begin shopping. Amazon will remember your selection and every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation to the Foundation.

Let's use this unique opportunity to give to our Community while staying safe!

For information on how Amazon is addressing the COVID-19 crisis, visit https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/amazons-actions-to-help-employees-communities-and-customers-affected-by-covid-19

Stay Connected

Log in to www.usnscf.com and review your profile today. Click on your name that appears just below the Log In button. We receive many rejected emails when we send them to our members. Don't miss The Oakleaf delivered to your inbox, Foundation and Chapter announcements, too! Problems logging in? Send an email to webadmin@usnscf.com.

Looking for a former shipmate?

If so, contact the Foundation and we’ll try to put you in touch. Send an e-mail to Foundationadmin@usnscf.com or call (706) 354-4111.
No information will be released without prior permission of the member.