Shopping the Whiteman AFB Exchange pays dividends Published Nov. 26, 2013 By Army & Air Force Exchange Service Public Affairs WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- The Whiteman Exchange is paying dividends in more ways than one as Airmen and their families exercising their benefit by dining and shopping at Exchange facilities last year generated a dividend of $414,976. These funds are critical to Air Force Services ability to enhance local programs and facilities including the Royal Oaks Golf Course, Fitness Center and Stars & Strikes bowling Center. "Historically, roughly two-thirds of Exchange earnings are paid to morale, welfare and recreation programs with the other third used to build new stores or renovate existing facilities," said the Whiteman AFB Exchange's Store Manager Becky Stover. "This structure means that authorized customers are essentially our 'investors.' Fortunately, thrifty shoppers rediscovering the value the Exchange offers allowed us to provide a healthy return on their investment." With a mission to provide quality goods and services at competitively low prices and generate earnings to support quality of life efforts, the dual benefit the Exchange provides military families goes far beyond the clothes, electronics and snacks on shelves. Shoppers who visit the Exchange, either online at www.shopmyexchange.com or in person here at Whiteman AFB, actually help make the military community a better place to live and work. In fact, purchases made in the past 10 years have provided more than $2.4 billion to military programs such as Youth Services, post functions, gyms and aquatic centers. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. The Exchange has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military morale, welfare and recreation programs. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.shopmyexchange.com .