COMDTINST 1750.6E governs policy, program guidance, and responsibilities for Coast Guard Spouses’ Clubs.
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It addresses club goals, ombudsman participation, community support, Work-Life initiatives, fundraising, gifts, and use of Coast Guard identifiers. It requires compliance with solicitation rules, command approval for use of a command name, and a prominent private-association disclaimer.
Applies to: All unit commanders, commanding officers (COs), officers-in-charge (OICs), deputy/assistant commandants, chiefs of headquarter staff elements, and reserve units must comply with the provisions of this Instruction.
Spouses’ clubs have four main goals: provide a support system, create fellowship opportunities, offer community service, and furnish educational information. (paragraph 4)
An ombudsman may collaborate with spouses’ clubs on behalf of the command, but must not serve as a spouses’ club officer (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or in any other spouses’ club position) in any military branch spouses’ club or equivalent association. (paragraph 4)
Spouses’ club members must not solicit any cash or non-cash donation for the spouses’ club from any non-federal source that is a “prohibited source.” (paragraph 4)
Spouses’ clubs are permitted to accept unsolicited cash or noncash donations to the spouses’ club from all non-federal sources, including prohibited sources. (paragraph 4)
No spouses’ club member, who also is a Coast Guard military member, is permitted to wear his or her uniform for any face-to-face donation solicitation. (paragraph 4)