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resale items shall be purchased only with non-<br />

appropriated funds;<br />

tickets for sports entertainment, or cultural events,<br />

whether for resale or "giveaway" shall be purchased only<br />

with non-appropriated funds;<br />

consumable items (food, beverages, napkins, paperplates,<br />

etc .,.) for picnics and parties shall be funded only with<br />

non-appropriated funds.<br />

paid coaches and officials shall be funded from non-<br />

appropriated funds. (Commands with contracting authority<br />

may finance non-personal service contracts from<br />

appropriated funds to procure officials subject to the<br />

criteria in <strong>DOT</strong> Procurement Regulations and Coast Guard<br />

Procurement Procedures.) Normally, voluntary Coast Guard<br />

members should be used as officials. However, they may<br />

be compensated from .<strong>morale</strong> funds in an amount not to<br />

exceed the normal fees for paid officials in the local<br />

area. Personnel officially assigned duties in the MWR<br />

program may not receive compensation for officiating<br />

activities in the program;<br />

any purchase which may be made using appropriated funds<br />

may also be made with non-appropriated funds. The<br />

reverse is not necessarily true: and<br />

fees and charges should always be considered as a means<br />

to defray the cost of an MWR activity.<br />

F. Morale Fund Loans.'<br />

1. Small short-term loans, not to exceed $100 and payable<br />

within 3 months, may be made to Coast Guard personnel<br />

from <strong>morale</strong> funds. They shall be made only in<br />

exceptional cases of need or emergency with prior written<br />

approval<br />

emergency<br />

of the<br />

loans<br />

fund<br />

over<br />

administrator,<br />

$100 should<br />

Personnel<br />

be advised to<br />

in need<br />

contact<br />

of<br />

Coast Guard Mutual Assistance.<br />

2. Requests for a <strong>morale</strong> fund loan shall be prepared in<br />

duplicate using a local form or letter format. The form<br />

or letter shall contain the request, fund administrator's<br />

actions, and the loan contract. When a loan to an<br />

individual is authorized by the fund administrator, the<br />

<strong>morale</strong> fund officer shall complete the loan contract<br />

section indicating the amount of the loan and the terms<br />

of repayment. Both copies of the loan contract shall be<br />

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