GOLDEN, Colorado — After several months of work by the creditunion community and its partners, CUNA presented the keys to a newhome to Iraq War Veteran Travis Strong today.
|“Nothing can personify what credit unions are all about morethan what's happening here,” CUNA President Dan Moca said duringthe ceremony.
|The home is custom equipped for Strong, who lost both legs whileserving in Iraq.
|“Wow, I didn't expect this.It's special,” he said after touringthe furnished home with his wife and two children.
|The home is one of 30 homes for injured war veterans, whoseconstruction is coordinated by Homes for our Troops, a Boston-areabased non profit.
|In addition to the new home, Strong got an extra bit of goodnews this week. Last night Lockheed Martin offered him a job as amanagement trainee at their Littleton facility, about 35 miles fromhere.
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