What is FEEA?

• A federal employee whose spouse was ill was having trouble making the mortgage payment one month.

• A federal employee was forced to relocate because of an abusive situation and needed help with the rent.

• A federal employee had to use rent money to travel to a sister’s funeral.

These are all real examples of federal employees in difficult situations who were helped by the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA).

Each year FEEA helps hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of federal employees in need. During times of big natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or smaller, personal tragedies if you are a federal employee and you need help, you can turn to FEEA.

FEEA is the only charity in existence dedicated to allowing federal employees to help other federal employees. Almost all of the money donated to FEEA is donated through the annual Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). And, as a group, you have been very generous.

Your donations have allowed FEEA to respond to the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, Hurricane Katrina and the events of Sept. 11, 2001, with one mission—to seek out and assist any federal employees who were impacted.

Your donations also have allowed FEEA to respond to individual situations with the same mission—to help during a time of need.

Emergency assistance is not the only way FEEA helps the federal workforce. FEEA also has a very active scholarship program that awards money to deserving scholars in 26 regions across the country. Thousands of federal employees, their children and their spouses have been able to take a little bit of the edge off the high cost of college because FEEA is there.

As an NTEU member, you make a difference in the workplace by uniting your voice with others. Through FEEA, you can make a difference by helping strengthen the only charity dedicated to federal employees.