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JOIN Club 159
Club 159 is a means to help the Foundation
achieve its Capital Fund goals.
The PHS Commissioned Officers
Foundation for the Advancement of Public
Health (COF ) has made a policy judgment
to place a high priority on identifying
the broad future educational needs
of our Corps officers and is taking the
appropriate beginning steps toward
making resources available to support
that commitment.
To provide an instrument to fund this goal,
the Board of Trustees for the Foundation
has established The Capital Fund.
The Board of Trustees has established
a goal to raise $1,000,000. The Capital
Fund will enable COF to apply resources
derived from other sources to further
develop and expand its other programmatic
educational activities including
the annual PHS Scientific and Training
Symposium; publication of literature
pertinent to the PHS Commissioned
Corps and other public health topics;
and provision of public health consulting
services and training.
The goal of $1,000,000 may seem somewhat
daunting; however, if you consider
that if each officer in the Corps were
to donate a mere $159 the goal is easily
attainable. Therefore, we have created
Club 159. Officers donating at least $159
to the Capital Fund will be enrolled in the
newly established club. Benefits, other than
donations being fully tax-deductible for
income tax purposes and having the names
of new members listed in Frontline are still
being determined. There is a limited time
opportunity for you to be a Plank Owner
in Club 159. An individual who was a
member of the crew of a ship when that
ship was placed in commission is referred
to as a “Plank Owner.” Any donation of
$159 or more (slightly more than the cost
of visiting Starbucks for a venti caramel
macchiato once a day for a month) made
to the Capital Fund before June 30, 2011,
will entitle the member to be considered a
Plank Owner and will be issued a certificate
suitable for framing. Donations of
more than $159 could earn you a place in
the Distinguished Members Ring in Club 159.
Contact Brian F. McSheffrey, Director
of Development at 301-731-9080 or
bmcsheffrey@coausphs.org for further
information on the Capital Fund.
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