Founder and chief government officer of Sussex-based know-how consulting agency, Tuatara, Steve Cundy has made a mission out of serving to fellow veterans – whether or not it’s working to get them employed after popping out of the service or discovering methods to help their households.
After working to assist veterans right here within the Milwaukee space, partly via his nonprofit Taskforce UpliftCundy just lately joined forces with former College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee enterprise college professor turned Elpaso Water Utility government, Adam Wickersham, Bryan Regnier of Milwaukee-based VetBiz TV, American GI Discussion board, American Veterans Mission, and volunteers from Kohl’s handy out tons of of refurbished laptops to veterans in Texas.
Cundy determined to launch the trouble after talking with officers on the El Paso Water Utility, who Tuatara had been consulting, and El Paso County officers about how he may serve veterans within the area.
Members of Kohl’s IT workforce, and company Kohl’s volunteers partnered up with Taskforce Uplift to wash, set up contemporary working techniques, bundle, and ship the laptops right down to a Kohl’s retailer in El Paso the place the Taskforce Uplift workforce picked up the computer systems.
On Oct. 29, Cundy, Wickersham, and Regnier – all veterans – flew right down to El Paso and loaded the laptops right into a rental van. The boys spent two days on the street, delivering them to 4 4 American GI Discussion board areas throughout Texas.
By the top of the mission, the volunteers had handed out 465 laptops to veterans and their households: 100 in El Paso close to Fort Bliss, 100 in San Antonio close to Fort Sam, 100 in Austin close to Fort Cavasos, 115 within the Dallas space close to Fort Value, and 50 to the American Veterans Mission at Texas A&M College, which will likely be handing out the computer systems to veterans in want.
“The purpose was to ship as many laptops as I may (close to) 4 main U.S. Military army bases and the best manner to do that was to have them shipped to 1 location, load them up in a U-Haul, and street journey to every location,” Cundy stated.
The general purpose of the operation was to help in closing the digital divide throughout the veteran group, which is without doubt one of the core missions of Taskforce Uplift.
On the San Antonio cease, two feminine veterans, spoke concerning the influence the laptops would have on their lives. One lady stated she could be utilizing the laptop computer to assist her in her quest to acquire her bachelor’s diploma.
“That is going to make an enormous distinction for our household,” stated one other veteran, via tears.
