DENVER — CUNA's "Homes for Our Troops" project to build two homes for wounded Iraqi soldiers during the Republican and Democratic conventions moved ahead over the July 4 holiday with more progress on construction and fundraising getting closer to a $300,000 goal.
"We're waiting on some inspections and now it looks it will be completely ready by first or second week of August in time for handing over the deed at the convention," said Chris Kemm, project coordinator for the Credit Union Association of Colorado/Wyoming, which like its Minnesota counterpart has been collaborating with CUNA on the humanitarian venture.
While aiding the support troop cause, CUs hope to gain some high profile public exposure as the two $150,000 homes are presented to Army Sgt. Travis Strong of Colorado during the Democratic convention here Aug. 24-27 and to Colorado native Sgt. Marcus Kuboy of Minneota at the GOP gathering Sept. 1-4 in St. Paul.
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For Sgt. Strong's home, Kemm said the CUAC has reached 74% of its $150,000 fundraising goal within CUNA while a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Credit Union Network said it has accumulated $90,000 but expects to reach its goal by convention time.
In separate weekend events last month both leagues conducted "Build Brigades" at the construction sites with hundreds of CU executives and volunteers showing up to do lend a hand.
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