2025 NWS Autumn of Service

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Summary of the Autumn:

The NWS conducted its Autumn of Service from September 1 through November 30, 2025. This is our 15th year of giving back. During, this Autumn of Service...

32 NWS employees.

5 organizations were helped during the Autumn of 2025.

This included:

2 NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs)
1 River Forecast Center (RFC)
1 Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU)

Below is a listing of the various activities held during it.

NWS Food Drive Competition:

Like in past years, the NWS Food Drive Competition was held during it. It covered any 31-day period in meteorological autumn. There were 2 food drives conducted by 2 NWS WFOs, 1 RFCs, and 1 CWSUs.

Over the past 12 years, just over 32 tons (64,588.95 lbs.) of food and $34,341.89 in monetary donations have been given during the NWS Food Drive Competition! All of our numbers are also given to the NOAA Representative to the Commerce Feds Feed Families Food Drive! While the Department of Commerce campaign typically runs from the end of June until early August, our numbers are included in their final count.

Some Other Activities Included:

Making the Holidays Bright:
- NWS La Crosse, WI, NWS Fort Worth/Dallas, TX, West Gulf RFC, & Fort Worth CWSU will be holding holiday gift drives.
Collected Pop Tabs:
- NWS La Vegas, NV and La Crosse, WI are collecting pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is a non-profit organization supporting families around the world helping them access medical care and resources when their child is very sick, including a place to stay, meals, and so much more.

Below is a list of the offices that participated and a summary of what they did during it. If we missed your office's activity during this week, send an e-mail to Jeff Boyne@noaa.gov.

Participating Offices

NWS Regional Headquarters
Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs)
River Forecast Centers (RFCs)
Center Weather Service Unit (CWSUs)
National Centers

Office Activities during the NWS Autumn of Service

Below are some of the activities that were done across the United States and its territories during the 2025 NWS Autumn of Service:

Fort Worth/Dallas, TX WFO, West Gulf RFC, & Fort Worth CWSU:[top]

Food Drive

During September, NWS Fort Worth/Dallas along with the West Gulf RFC, and Fort Worth CWSU will be holding a food drive for the Tarrant Area Food Bank.

Tarrant Area Food Bank

La Crosse, WI WFO:[top]

Food Drive, PopTabs,
Knitted Hats, & Adopted a Family for Christmas

During the autumn, the staff will be hosting a food drive for WAFER. During their 13 food drives since 2013, a total of 1,354 lbs and $3,853 have been donated to WAFER. In addition to this, one of their staff members and his wife volunteer regularly at WAFER.

For the third consecutive year, they collected pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House in Rochester, MN. Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is a non-profit organization supporting families around the world helping them access medical care and resources when their child is very sick, including a place to stay, meals, and so much more. Watch this video to learn more about how RMHC Rochester serves their families. While collecting pop tabs seems like such a small way to make a difference, each year $10,000 to $15,000 is raised for the 70-room Ronald McDonald House in Rochester exclusively through pop tab donations.

During December, the office will make the holiday brighter for a local family by buying Christmas gifts for them. This will be part of the La Crosse Family & Children's Center's Holiday Giving Program.

WAFER Food Pantry

Ronald McDonald House in Rochester, MN

Gunderson Health System
in La Crosse, WI

Mayo Clinic Health System — Franciscan Healthcare
in La Crosse, WI

La Crosse Family

& Children Center

Tiyan, GU WFO:[top]

Food Drive

From September 24 through October 5, the WCM (Marcus Landon Aydlett) and SOO (Brandon Aydlett) at WFO Guam built their next Tower for Humanity at the Agana Shopping Center.

In addition, they conducted a community-wide food drive in support of Be Heartfelt and their mission to feed children in need on Guam. This was their third year coordinating and hosting the Humanity Food Drive Competition and it has become the largest Food Drive event on Guam, now supporting children in Guam, Saipan and Palau. Food donations this year surpassed that of years 1 and 2 combined.

For the overall tower for humanity project, the goal was for 25,000 cans/food items. The final tally came in at 24,944, with an estimated 21,000 cans and about 18,500 pounds overall. The 'items' also include noodle bowls, bags of rice, drink/water/milk bottles and snack packs. There's about 9 more Food Drop Sites that will bring their collected items to the Charity this week, with those numbers still unknown. I hope to get those numbers, and cash donations finalized this week.

On the NWS side, Brandon and Landon Aydlett contributed 541 pounds of canned food to the project.

Island Wide Food Drive