On Saturday, Oregon's Advantis Credit Union will make good on a nearly three-year-old pledge to do its part in the Homes for Our Troops cause.

As it turns out, tomorrow is the day CU executives, volunteers and civic leaders salute double amputee Army Specialist PC Kevin Pannell of Sandy who with his family will receive the keys to a new, specially built home constructed with donations from CU members and the public.

Officials of the $720 million Portland CU said they are honored to help "usher in a new phase of their life" for Pannell and his wife, Danielle, as the community "celebrates this monumental occasion of erecting their dream home." Pannell lost both his legs in a blast in Baghdad in 2004.

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