Ent Federal Credit Union has awarded local organizations its Youth Endowment Series (YES) program grants for 2006.

Introduced in 2000, the YES program directs specific support to organizations benefiting children and young people in the Pikes Peak Region. The program has provided total grants of nearly $225,000 to agencies serving education, health care, and cultural needs, among other services. This year, (Ronald McDonald House of Southern Colorado) was awarded a grant. Thirty-eight local non-profit (501(c)(3)) organizations applied for the 2006 grants; applications were evaluated on their general benefit to the community, potential ability to use the Ent grant to obtain additional funds and degree of current community support, among other criteria. For more information about Ent, visit Ent.com.

Ent Federal Credit Union, established in 1957, is the leading financial institution in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado with nearly $1.9 billion in assets and 160,000 members. The credit union provides a full range of financial solutions through 20 service centers, online and telephone banking, a call center and a mortgage loan center. Ent is a not-for-profit, community-chartered credit union with membership open to people living or working in Denver, El Paso, Pueblo and Teller counties. Ent.com.

Contact:
Cara Housman
473-0704
chousman@praco.com