Holiday food help again available

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Holiday food help again available
By Cindy Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, October 23, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan Holiday Food Voucher Program is again looking to ensure Marine and sailor families here have plentiful holiday meals.

The program, coordinated by the Personal Services Center, will distribute $50 vouchers to qualified families during the Thanksgiving and December holidays, center director Bert Corn said Tuesday.

The vouchers can only be redeemed at Okinawa commissaries and must be used within six months of issue date, according to the III MEF order governing the program.

The vouchers can be used to purchase whatever the families want with the exception of tobacco products, Corn said.

"Some families would rather skip the holiday meal and buy diapers because they’re very expensive and that’s OK," he said.


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