Providing financial, educational, and other need-based assistance to Marines and Sailors
Thrift Shop Hours of Operation:
Tuesdays 10am-1pm
Thursdays 1pm-4pm
Second Saturday of each month: 10am-1pm
Thrift Shop Instagram page for more info: It is sponsored by the Department of the Navy and operates nearly 250 offices ashore and afloat at Navy and Marine Corps bases throughout the wo
rld. The Society was incorporated in the District of Columbia and has its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. It is managed by a Board of Directors whose members are active duty or retired members of the Naval Services, or spouses of active duty or retired members of the Naval Services. More than 3,600 trained Volunteers, both ashore and aboard ships, accomplish the major portion of the Society's mission. The Society enjoys an active partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps and benefits extensively from the active involvement of the command structure at the installations where the Society maintains a presence. The commanders themselves, as well the senior enlisted leadership, chaplains, and family service center staffl, play an important role in supporting the Society's mission. Although sponsored by the Department of the Navy, the Society is a private non-profit organization whose programs are totally funded by charitable contributions. The work of the Society is supported by the Secretary of the Navy's annual fund drive conducted by the Navy and Marine Corps, and by a direct mail campaign of the Navy and Marine Corps retired community. Both fund drives are conducted under the auspices of the Secretary of the Navyfor the Society's benefit. Contributions are returned to clients in the form of emergency relief or other services. Most overhead expenses are covered by proceeds from the Reserve Fund, established during World War II. The Society can help:
Active duty and retired active and reserve component Sailors and Marines
Eligible family members of active duty and retired active and reserve component Sailors and Marines who died
Reservists on extended active duty greater than 30 days
Indigent widows and mothers (65 years or older) of deceased servicemembers who have limited resources and no family to provide for their welfare
Ex-spouses who have not remarried and whose marriage to a servicemember lasted for at least 20 years while the servicemember was on active duty
