CUNA is joining with a Washington, D.C., political newsoperation to restore playgrounds at children's hospitals in NorthCarolina and Florida in honor of the Democratic and Republicannational conventions there this summer.
|The work will take place at Levine Children's Hospital inCharlotte, N.C., site of the Democratic National Convention theweek of Sept. 3 there and at All Children's Hospital in St.Petersburg, Fla., ahead of the GOP gathering Aug. 27-30 in nearbyTampa.
|“The effort represents credit unions' tradition of honoring eachnational convention city with a 'leave-behind' project that willserve the local communities long after the conventions have lefttown,” CUNA said in an announcement Thursday.
|The Charlotte hospital will see an existing12th-floor rooftop converted into a dynamic play spacethat will include a touch-activated light and color “bubble wall,”outdoor play equipment and environmental upgrades. An existingplayground at the St. Petersburg hospital will be retrofitted withspecial equipment to help the rehabilitation of children sufferingfrom a variety of illnesses and accidents.
|The cost – an estimated $300,000 – will be covered with fundsraised by credit unions nationwide, an effort led by the CarolinasCredit Union Foundation and the League of Southeastern CreditUnions and supported by CUNA Mutual Group.
|Partnering with CUNA in the effort is the National JournalGroup, owner of NationalJournal.com, National Journal Hotline andNational Journal magazine.
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