COVID-19 & Current Status

Hello Donors and Military Families!

Thank you for your patience during our silence. Our organization has been working to support our military families stationed overseas.  It hurts us to not be able to accept new families, but weekly we receive word of another donor who is not able to continue due to financial and family changes or just lack of coupons to send.

Like the entire world, we are seeing some affects from the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen donors tell us that they had been purchasing the Sunday paper for coupons, but can no longer do so. Donors telling us that they no longer have the disposable income to send the coupons.  Military Families are telling us that the coupons they receive are less useful, as less food coupons are appearing in the newspapers / inserts. We are also hearing that packages larger than a standard (size 10) envelopes are being held up in shipment, causing some boxes of coupons to take 6-8 weeks to arrive to the military families.

The one blessing in this pandemic, thus far, is we have not received any word of family or donors lost due to this virus. Thank God for that!

As we stand today, we will continue to support our current matches. Pam Drigger has decided to step back, to focus on her family needs during this time. She has been the driving force behind CFT, so she is going to be greatly missed. I will try to pick up her tasks, so be patience with me! I will not be able to fill her incredible shoes, but I will do my best.

If I can help, please send an email or use the contact form. I will answer all questions as quickly as possible.

Lisa

Director / Volunteer