{"id":323437,"date":"2026-11-08T02:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T02:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/323437\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T02:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T02:38:07","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-foundation-partners-to-erase-1-million-in-medical-debt-for-local-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/323437\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation partners to erase $1 million in medical debt for local veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation is partnering with ForgiveCo to eliminate $1 million in medical debt for local veterans, providing financial relief to approximately 400 military members.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was celebrated on Nov. 5 during the Penguins&#8217; Military Appreciation Game against the Boston Bruins. Proceeds from the game&#8217;s 50\/50 raffle helped make the debt relief possible, according to a team news release.<\/p>\n<p>Through the partnership, ForgiveCo will acquire and permanently eliminate $1 million in medical debt held by local veterans.<\/p>\n<p>No application or action is required from veterans to receive the assistance. Those randomly selected to benefit will be notified by email, text message and a letter in the mail that their medical debt has been eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This medical debt relief initiative is designed as a random act of kindness, with no application required and no action necessary from recipients,&#8221; said Yvonne J. Maher, executive director of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.   &#8220;We, along with our fans, are honored to support the sacrifice and service of local veterans and hope that this brings relief as we approach the holidays.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The initiative builds on ForgiveCo&#8217;s partnership with the NHL. In April 2026, the league announced it would eliminate $1.25 million in debt for 1,025 U.S. veterans and their families through its Operation Line Shift military initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Western Pennsylvania has an extraordinary tradition of service, and we are proud to partner with the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation to give back to veterans throughout the region,&#8221; said Craig Antico, CEO and co-founder of ForgiveCo. &#8220;What makes this initiative so special is that these veterans aren&#8217;t asking for anything. One day, they will simply learn that a financial burden they have been carrying is gone.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation is partnering with ForgiveCo to eliminate $1 million in medical debt for local veterans,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[131083,73,75,74,1067,2349],"class_list":["post-323437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-medical-debt","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}