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December 20, 2019 / NEWS RELEASE: 46-19
NEX Customers Receive Surprise, Just in Time for the Holiday
Around the globe, the holiday season was made a little brighter for 154 military families when their NEX layaways were paid in full by Pay Away the Layaway, Inc. From Dec. 13 -23, a total of $27,295.93 worth of layaway balances paid off at seven different NEX locations.
Customers at NEX Naples, Italy; NEX Pensacola, Fla.; NEX Guam; NEX Fallon, Nev.; NEX Pearl Harbor; NEX Kitsap-Bangor, Wash.; and NEX Norfolk, Va., received the unexpected good news that their children’s holiday gifts, which included toys and clothing, that were on layaway had been paid. This is the fourth consecutive year that Pay Away the Layaway, Inc. has surprised military families.
At NEX Norfolk, Va., Good Morning America broadcasted live surprising 62 military families with the news their layaways had been paid. “Having my layaway paid off means a lot to me,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jasmine Richardson. “It means we don’t have to not pay something else to pay for our gifts. I was very surprised when they said my layaway was paid off. I literally wanted to cry.” Richardson was at NEX Norfolk with her two-year-old daughter, ‘Aniel.
About NEXCOM
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) oversees 100 Navy Exchange (NEX) facilities and nearly 300 stores worldwide, 39 Navy Lodges, the Ships Store Program, the Uniform Program Management Office, the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility and the Telecommunications Program Office. NEXCOM's parent command is the Naval Supply Systems Command. NEXCOM’s mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support Navy quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families. NEXs and Navy Lodges operate primarily as a non-appropriated fund (NAF) business instrumentality. NEX revenues generated are used to support Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs. In FY15, $2.5 billion in sales were generated with $22.3 million in dividends provided to Navy MWR programs.
