Ted Dacey, right, chaplain of Nesquehoning Memorial VFW Post 8008, presents a $1,000 check to Vasyl Chepelskyy, parish administrator of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Nesquehoning, on behalf of the VFW. The veterans organization also donated to Trees for Troops, the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 190, Meed’s Memorial United Methodist Church Food Pantry and the St. Nicholas Festival. AMY MILLER/TIMES NEWS