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2024 afdcs anniversary drive


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Happy anniversary AFDCS! Yes, it is that time of year. 68 years ago, October 15, 1955, the AFDCS was founded. And today we remain a healthy and vibrant organization.

As we have done in recent years, we are holding a 68-hour fundraiser to ensure our future. When we started these anniversary fundraisers, the donated funds were necessary to support the day to day operations of the AFDCS. Today, we have a very healthy bank balance. We are now raising funds for the AFDCS Endowment Fund, which provides startup funds for new services or products outside the operating budget. In the last three years, the AFDCS Endowment Fund has grown from $600 to over $25,000.

The AFDCS Executive Committee recently established a Strategic Planning Committee to identify new ways to grow the AFDCS and first day cover collecting, likely in part through the AFDCS Endowment Fund. The committee is scheduled to provide its recommendations at the next Executive Committee meeting.

As part of our anniversary fundraiser, please contribute to the AFDCS Endowment Fund and the future of our hobby.  Suggested donations are $19.55 (for the year of our founding), $68.00 (for our 68th anniversary) or an amount of your choice. You can donate using the buttons below or mail a check, payable to the AFDCS, to the AFDCS Central Office, Box 27, Greer, SC 29652-0027. All donations will be acknowledged in a future issue of 
First Days and donors will receive a souvenir cover marking the event.

THANK YOU for your support!


Our 2023 Donors

Our thanks to these 2023 donors:

Ronald Aljoe

Greg Balagian

Brad Balch

Mark Beamer

Mark Beavers

Richard Bendix

Dave Bennett

John Berg

Rollin F. Berger, Jr.

Reginald Birks

John Blankenship

Stanley Brown

Timothy Buchholz

Keith Bystrom

Michele Currie

Kevin Davis

Alan Diamant

Michael Dodd

David Dresdner

Steve Dulaney

Frank Fazio

Charles Fuller

Dennis Gelvin

Walter Douglas George

Mark Gereb

Larry Graf

Elizabeth Hisey

William Hong

Cliff Irving

Rick Jablonski

Kathryn Johnson

James Joy

Daniel Kerlee

Raymond Lattof

Kurt Laubinger

Francis James Lawrence Jr.

Consiglia Longo

David Lorms

Brian Magee

Bruce Mattheiss

Ed Mendlowitz

Mark Milgrom

Foster Miller

George Miura

Ralph Nafziger

Todd P. Phillips

Dan Richmond

Richard Rizzo

Phillip Roth

Powell Saks

Marc Schwartz

Cynthia Scott

Thomas Spitz

Henry Squillante

Carl Swain

James Tatum Jr.

Simon Vozick-Levinson

Stephen Walsh

Alan Warren

Saul Zalesch

Andy Zutler

Robert C. Graebner Chapter #17

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American First Day Cover Society
P.O. Box 27
Greer, SC 29652-0027

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