EXCHANGE SHOPPERS GENERATE $1.2M FOR MARNE COMMUNITY
July 10, 2020 03:45 PM
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Sylvia Carpenter (AAFES)
Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield
Home of the 3rd Infantry Division
Soldiers, retirees, Veterans and military Families know it pays to shop their Exchange. In 2019, authorized Fort Stewart Consolidated Exchange shoppers generated $1,272,029.69 of critical support for military Quality-of-Life programs in the form of earnings-based dividends.
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The dividends help fund Quality-of-Life programs at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield such as Child, Youth and School Services; Armed Forces Recreation Centers and other programs that support the military.
One-hundred percent of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's worldwide earnings are invested in the military community, with 59% going to dividends supporting Quality-of-Life programs and the remaining 41% used to improve the experience in stores and at ShopMyExchange.com.
“The Exchange is Family Serving Family,” said Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Exchange General Manager Hollie Morales. “Exchange earnings improve the lives of Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield heroes and their Families.”
The Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Exchange dividend is a part of the $217 million the Army and Air Force Exchange Service generated worldwide in 2019. In the last 10 years, the Exchange has contributed $2.2 billion to morale, welfare, and recreation programs integral to Army recruiting, readiness and resiliency.
Part of the Exchange’s dividend was generated by Veterans. On Jan. 1, 4.1 million veterans with service-connected disabilities and certain caregivers were welcomed home with in-store shopping privileges.
Since 2017, all honorably discharged Veterans have been authorized to shop the Exchange online. Veterans can find out more about their earned benefits on the Exchange’s community Hub page at bit.ly/Vets4Life.
Despite the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ever-changing retail landscape, the Exchange remains dedicated to supporting troops and their Families, wherever the military mission takes them.
Since 1895, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has gone where Soldiers, Airmen and their Families go to improve the quality of their lives by providing valued goods and services at exclusive military pricing.
The Exchange is the 62nd-largest retailer in the United States. Its earnings provided $2.3 billion in dividends to support military morale, welfare and recreation programs over the last 10 years. The Exchange is a non-appropriated fund entity of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors.
The Exchange is a 50th Anniversary Vietnam War Commemorative Partner, planning and conducting events and activities that recognize the service, valor and sacrifice of Vietnam Veterans and their Families in conjunction with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration.
To find out more about the Exchange history and mission visit shopmyexchange.com or follow them on Twitter at twitter.com/ExchangePAO.
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