DENVER – An injured veteran of the war in Iraq was presented with keys to his new home yesterday in a ceremony in which CUNA and credit unions played a strong role.
The ceremony coincided with the Democratic Party’s national convention here. On hand for the ceremony was CUNA CEO Dan Mica, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, representatives of the Democratic Party, the National Journal, and the organizer of the home-building effort, “Homes for Our Troops.” The keys were given to Staff Sergeant Travis Strong and his family.
Meanwhile, credit unions continue to make their voices heard here during the Democratic National Convention. The public relations highlight to date has been a video for “Homes For Our Troops,” an effort to build specially adapted homes for wounded veterans and of which CUNA has been a major supporter. The video showed just before remarks made by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) inside the Pepsi Center, was shown on C-SPAN, and appeared in background shots of the major news networks. “This is a pretty exciting moment for us and for CUs and highlighting all the good work credit unions have been doing on this project,” said CUNA’s Trey Hawkins.
A similar home will be presented to an injured veteran during the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn.
