Charity Campaign Down Slightly From Record Level

In the face of a tough economy, federal employee charitable contributions via the Combined Federal Campaign were down slightly in 2010, the Office of Personnel Management reported today. Still, the total raised, $281.5 million, was less than half a percentage point below the record level in 2009 of $282.6 million.

Campaigns with the largest increase in pledges included South Puget Sound, North Central Kentucky-Southern Indiana-Fort Knox, Greater Chattanooga Area, Lowcountry in South Carolina, Rio Grande Valley, Greater Southwest Texas, Rowan/Iredell counties in North Carolina, Northern Shenandoah Valley, and Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

"The CFC has been a source of food, of warmth, of light, of medicine, of schoolbooks -- a source of life," said OPM Director John Berry. "For countless Americans and people in need around the world, it has been like bedrock -- supporting them, even if they don't know it's there."

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the CFC.