The entire volunteer group at the CU Boulder Veterans Build Day in Longmont, CO on March 4th. Photo courtesy of Miguel Valdez, VCP Community Engagement Coordinator.
Several Cadets from the Golden Buffalo Battalion came together for a volunteer opportunity to help build tiny homes for homeless veterans. The Veterans Community Project through Rex Laceby (a military veteran and former CU employee) sponsored the CU-Boulder Veterans Build Day in Longmont, Colorado.
Volunteers spent the day (8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) working “Shoulder to Shoulder” to construct 26 tiny homes at the Boulder RV Service Center location in Longmont.
ACO Cadets affixing the “blue boards” to the exterior of a tiny home. Photo courtesy of Rex Laceby.
Build teams from the CU Veterans Alumni, Air Force ROTC Detachment 105, Army ROTC Golden Buffalo Battalion and some CU Student Veterans Association (SVA) students gave up their Saturday to help this great cause. Volunteers did not need to have prior construction experience.
Everyone was raring to get to work and get their hands dirty. The day was spent adding exterior sheathing, lashing and plywood roofs to 4 of the existing tiny house frame work.
For more information about the Veterans Community Project or if you are interested in getting involved, please visit their website at: https://www.veteranscommunityproject.org/vcp-colorado