The Service CU Impact Foundation, the nonprofit charity arm of Portsmouth-based Service Credit Union, announced it raised nearly $350,000 from its second-annual Charity Golf Classic.
The funds raised from the tournament, hosted in partnership with the Robert Irvine Foundation, will go toward nonprofits that support military and veterans and their families in New Hampshire and nationally, including the Landstuhl Fisher House, Homeland Heroes Foundation, Liberty House, Hero Pups, Veteran Northeast Outreach Center, Honor Flight New England, Vouchers for Veterans, the Mobius iBOT Wheelchair program, Home Base, Gold Star Family holiday support, The Concussion Legacy Foundation, Quantum Leap Farms, Veterans Community Project, Our Community Salutes, Breaking Bread with Heroes and the Landstuhl Fisher House.
“We are truly grateful to the Service CU Impact Foundation as we race against time to get our most senior Heroes to their memorials, the generosity of Service CU will allow us to continue our mission,” Joseph Byron, founder of Honor Flight New England, said in a statement. “Many veterans speak about their war experience for the first time on their Honor Flight. They are able to speak with the only ones that truly understand, those that also served during the same time period.”
Honor Flight New England transports veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit memorials at no cost.
“I am incredibly proud of the impact our foundation has already been able to make in its first two years. Our partnership with the Robert Irvine Foundation has afforded us the ability to widen our reach to support military and first responder-focused organizations both locally and nationwide and I am excited to keep working together to make a difference,” Service CU President and CEO David Araujo said in a statement.