Joan C. Cole is the Chairperson of the Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC) of the South Jersey Combined Federal Campaign. The LFCC actually runs our CFC and is made up of Federal employees - employees just like Joan and like you. The LFCC has several key leadership roles, including: determining the eligibility of charities listed in the 2009 Contributor’s Guide, overseeing the SJCFC to ensure Federal regulations are adhered to, and, to the extent possible, every Federal employee is given an informed opportunity to give through the CFC. Below, is a message to you from Joan:

Dear Fellow Federal Employees:

As Chairperson of the Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC) , I can say that the LFCC is pleased to provide the oversight for this year's South Jersey Combined Federal Campaign. The LFCC is the committee of Federal employees who volunteer to conduct this campaign. We have several key leadership roles, including determining the eligibility of charities listed in the 2009 Contributor's Guide, ensuring that the campaign adheres to all Federal regulations governing CFC, and making certain that every Federal employee is given an informed opportunity to give through the CFC.

Last year, the generous Federal employees in South Jersey made pledges totaling more than $900,000.00 to participating charities. We would like to thank all who participated for their part in making it such a success and for offering help and hope to those in need here in South Jersey, across the nation and around the world. We invite you to participate once again this year. If you haven’t donated in the past, please consider doing so either by payroll deduction or by making a one-time gift in the form of cash or check.

There are more than 2,700 approved charities in this year’s SJCFC campaign, so please take time to look over the 2009 Contributor's Guide and find one or more that speaks to your heart. The theme of this year’s campaign is "iCare…to make a difference." Make a difference in someone’s life and support this year’s campaign.

Sincerely,

Joan C. Cole, Chair
Local Federal Coordinating Committee
South Jersey Combined Federal Campaign

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) began in the early 1960’s to coordinate the fundraising efforts of various charitable organizations so that the Federal donor would only be solicited once in the workplace and have the opportunity to make charitable contributions through payroll deduction. The CFC is the only authorized solicitation of Federal employees in their workplaces on behalf of approved charitable organizations.

Federal employees continue to make the CFC the largest and most successful workplace philanthropic fundraiser in the world. Continuing a long-standing tradition of selfless giving, in 2006, Federal employees raised over $273 million dollars for charitable causes around the world.

The CFC is the largest single-employer charity campaign in the South Jersey Area, and is home to more than 23,000 federal employees. During the 2008 Combined Federal Campaign, nearly 4,000 employees contributed and raised $900,808.00 for charitable causes in our community, throughout the country and around the world.