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ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Within three months of launching a collaborative $750,000 veterans’ initiative with the Chrysler Liquidating Trust and the Department of Veterans Affairs, the PenFed Foundation has used the program to provide more than $160,000 in aid to veterans living in three major U.S. cities.

FAIRFIELD, Ohio–Wright-Patt Credit Union has donated $180,000 to two local non-profit organizations. The donations — from Wright-Patt’s Sunshine Community Fund — will provide $90,000 to Crayons to Classrooms and $90,000 to United Rehabilitation Services.

Bismarck, N.D.—The Credit Union Associationof the Dakotas recently awarded ten $500 Dakotas’ Credit Union High School Financial Scholarships to students from North and South Dakota.

SRATFORD, Conn.—The Stratford office of Sikorsky Credit Union recently presented 300 backpacks to the Sterling House Community Center.