Employees from the $1.8 billion Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union in Brooklyn, N.Y., present a $450,000 check to PSFCU Scholarship Program recipients. The scholarships went to 388 students in seven states. As it has done for the past 18 years, the credit union reaches deep into the community to hand out annual scholarships to credit union members and their families to help them continue their higher education. To date, the financial institution has awarded nearly $4.5 million to approximately 4,000 students from its membership ranks since it first debuted its scholarship program in 2001. This year, Polish & Slavic identified 388 high-achieving students from New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Michigan and Florida to receive checks to help offset the cost of their college education.